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entrée

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en·trée or en·tree  (ntr, n-tr)
n.
1.
a. The main dish of a meal.
b. A dish served in formal dining immediately before the main course or between two principal courses.
2.
a. The act of entering.
b. The power, permission, or liberty to enter; admittance.

[French entrée, from Old French entree; see entry.]

entrée [ˈɒntreɪ]
n
1. (Cookery) a dish served before a main course
2. (Cookery) Chiefly US the main course of a meal
3. the power or right of entry
[from French, from entrer to enter; in cookery, so called because formerly the course was served after an intermediate course called the relevé (remove)]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
entrée
noun
1. entry, access, way in, introduction, entrance She had gained an entrée into the city's cultivated society.
2. starter, appetizer Dinner features an entrée of chicken, veal or lamb.
Translations
entrée [ˈɒntreɪ] N
1. (= entrance) → entrada f
2. (Culin) → plato m fuerte or principal

entrée [ˈɒntreɪ] n (= part of meal) → entrée f

entrée
n
(Brit: = starter) → Vorspeise f; (esp US: = main course) → Hauptgericht nt
(to club etc) → Zutritt m

entrée [ˈɒntreɪ] n (Culin) → entrée f inv
entrée [ˈɒntreɪ] n (Culin) → entrée f inv

entrée
n entrée [ˈontrei]
a dish served at dinner as, or before, the main course. voorgereg الطَّبَق الأوَّل في الوَجْبَه предястие první chod forret; hovedret das Zwischengericht πρώτο πιάτο entrante eelroog خوراک اصلی؛ پیش غذا alkuruoka entrée מָנָה רִאשוֹנָה किसी भोज में मुख्य भोजन से पहल परोसा गया व्यंजन predjelo előétel hidangan pembuka aðalréttur eða milliréttur prima portata アントレー 앙트레(생선 요리와 고기 요리 사이에 나오는 요리) užkandis, pagrindinis pietų patiekalas uzkoda (pirms gaļas ēdiena) pembukaan hoofdgerecht hovedrett; forrett rodzaj przystawki, danie entrada gustare закуска перед вторым блюдом prvý chod predjed predjelo entré[] อาหารเรียกน้ำย่อยก่อนอาหารเย็น küçük porsiyon yemek 兩道正菜間的小菜;主菜 антре کھانے کی میز پر پیش کی جانے والی خاص ڈش món đầu bữa


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