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entrance

noun · verb · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: ĕn'trəns
  • UK, US: /ˈɛn.tɹəns/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɛnˈtɹɑːns/
  • UK, US: /ɛnˈtɹæns/
  • rhymes with -æns
  • rhymes with -ɑːns
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  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 N T R AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The action of entering, or going in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • make a grand entrance
  • Her entrance attracted no attention whatsoever.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ingress, entry

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • Place your bag by the entrance so that you can find it easily.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: entryway

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The right to go in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • You'll need a ticket to gain entrance to the museum.
  • to give entrance to friends

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • a difficult entrance into business

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • His entrance of the arrival was made the same day.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

The beginning of a musician's playing or singing; entry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To delight and fill with wonder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The children were immediately entranced by all the balloons.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To put into a trance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

the act of entering

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she made a grand entrance

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: entering, entry, ingress, incoming

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arrival

Narrower terms: incursion, intrusion, irruption, entree, registration, enrollment, enrolment, penetration, admission, admittance

13

noun

Meaning 13

something that provides access (to get in or get out)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they waited at the entrance to the garden
  • beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: entranceway, entryway, entry, entree

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: access, approach

Narrower terms: arch, archway, doorway, door, room access, threshold, gateway, hatchway, opening, scuttle, pithead, portal, porte-cochere, service door, service entrance, servant's entrance, stage door, vomitory

14

noun

Meaning 14

a movement into or inward

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: entering

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change of location, travel

Narrower terms: invasion, encroachment, intrusion

15

verb

Meaning 15

put into a trance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spellbind

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hypnotize, hypnotise, mesmerize, mesmerise

16

verb

Meaning 16

attract; cause to be enamored

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She captured all the men's hearts

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, enchant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: attract, appeal

Narrower terms: hold, work

History

Etymology

From Middle French entrance (“entry”). Replaced native Middle English ingang (“entrance, admission”), from Old English ingang (“ingress, entry, entrance”).

From en- + trance (“daze”).

Across languages

Translations

240 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: кирӱ (kirü) — action of entering, or going in
  • Southern Altai: кириш (kiriš) — action of entering, or going in
  • Arabic: دُخُول (duḵūl) — action of entering, or going in
  • Armenian: մուտք (mutkʻ) — action of entering, or going in
  • Bulgarian: вли́зане (vlízane) — action of entering, or going in
  • Catalan: entrada — action of entering, or going in
  • Esperanto: eniro — action of entering, or going in
  • Finnish: saapuminen — action of entering, or going in
  • Finnish: sisääntulo — action of entering, or going in
  • French: entrée — action of entering, or going in
  • Galician: entrada — action of entering, or going in
  • Greek: εμφάνιση (emfánisi) — action of entering, or going in
  • Greek: είσοδος (eísodos) — action of entering, or going in
  • Ancient Greek: εἴσοδος (eísodos) — action of entering, or going in
  • Hindi: प्रवेश (praveś) — action of entering, or going in
  • Italian: entrata — action of entering, or going in
  • Kazakh: кіру (kıru) — action of entering, or going in
  • Central Kurdish: چونەژورەوە (çunejurewe) — action of entering, or going in
  • Kyrgyz: кирүү (kirüü) — action of entering, or going in
  • Kyrgyz: кириш (kiriş) — action of entering, or going in
  • Latin: ostium — action of entering, or going in
  • Latin: ingressus — action of entering, or going in
  • Latin: ingressio — action of entering, or going in
  • Latin: introitus — action of entering, or going in
  • Latin: aditus — action of entering, or going in
  • Latin: vestibulum — action of entering, or going in
  • Latvian: ieiešana — action of entering, or going in
  • Lithuanian: įėjimas — action of entering, or going in
  • Macedonian: влегу́вање (vlegúvanje) — action of entering, or going in
  • Middle English: entre — action of entering, or going in
  • Norwegian Bokmål: entré — action of entering, or going in
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ankomst — action of entering, or going in
  • Iranian Persian: وُرود (vorud) — action of entering, or going in
  • Portuguese: entrada — action of entering, or going in
  • Romanian: intrare — action of entering, or going in
  • Russian: вхожде́ние (vxoždénije) — action of entering, or going in
  • Russian: въезд (vʺjezd) — action of entering, or going in
  • Sanskrit: प्रवेश (praveśa) — action of entering, or going in
  • Slovene: vstop — action of entering, or going in
  • Spanish: entrada — action of entering, or going in
  • Swedish: inträde — action of entering, or going in
  • Tamil: நுழைதல் (nuḻaital) — action of entering, or going in
  • Turkish: giriş — action of entering, or going in
  • Walloon: intrêye — action of entering, or going in
  • Welsh: mynediad — action of entering, or going in
  • Welsh: mynedfa — action of entering, or going in
  • Finnish: haltuunotto — act of taking possession, as of property, or of office
  • Middle English: entre — act of taking possession, as of property, or of office
  • Russian: вступле́ние (vstuplénije) — act of taking possession, as of property, or of office
  • Albanian: hyrje — place of entering
  • Arabic: مَدْخَل (madḵal) — place of entering
  • Arabic: دخول (duḵūl) — place of entering
  • Armenian: մուտք (mutkʻ) — place of entering
  • Azerbaijani: giriş — place of entering
  • Basque: sarrera — place of entering
  • Belarusian: увахо́д (uvaxód) — place of entering
  • Belarusian: уе́зд (ujézd) — place of entering
  • Belarusian: пад'е́зд (padʺjézd) — place of entering
  • Bengali: প্রবেশ (probeś) — place of entering
  • Bulgarian: вход (vhod) — place of entering
  • Burmese: အဝင် (a.wang) — place of entering
  • Catalan: entrada — place of entering
  • Chichewa: khomo — place of entering
  • Chinese Cantonese: 入口 (jap6 hau2) — place of entering
  • Chinese Mandarin: 入口 (rùkǒu) — place of entering
  • Chinese Mandarin: 門口 /门口 (ménkǒu) — place of entering
  • Chinese Mandarin: 進口 /进口 (jìnkǒu) — place of entering
  • Choctaw: achukkowa — place of entering
  • Czech: vchod — place of entering
  • Danish: indgang — place of entering
  • Dutch: ingang — place of entering
  • Esperanto: enirejo — place of entering
  • Estonian: sissepääs — place of entering
  • Finnish: sisäänkäynti — place of entering
  • French: entrée — place of entering
  • Friulian: jentrade — place of entering
  • Galician: entrada — place of entering
  • Georgian: შესასვლელი (šesasvleli) — place of entering
  • German: Eingang — place of entering
  • German: Einfahrt — place of entering
  • Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌲𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (innatgahts) — place of entering
  • Greek: είσοδος (eísodos) — place of entering
  • Ancient Greek: εἴσοδος (eísodos) — place of entering
  • Greenlandic: isertarfik — place of entering
  • Hebrew: כְּנִיסָה (k'nisá) — place of entering
  • Hindi: प्रवेश (praveś) — place of entering
  • Hindi: दाख़िला (dāxilā) — place of entering
  • Hungarian: bejárat — place of entering
  • Icelandic: inngangur — place of entering
  • Indonesian: jalan masuk — place of entering
  • Italian: entrata — place of entering
  • Italian: ingresso — place of entering
  • Japanese: 入口 (iriguchi) — place of entering
  • Kazakh: есік (esık) — place of entering
  • Khmer: ទ្វារចូល (tviə coul) — place of entering
  • Khmer: ច្រកចូល (crɑɑk coul) — place of entering
  • Korean: 입구 (ipgu) — place of entering
  • Central Kurdish: قاپی (qapî) — place of entering
  • Kyrgyz: эшик (eşik) — place of entering
  • Kyrgyz: кириш (kiriş) — place of entering
  • Kyrgyz: кирме (kirme) — place of entering
  • Ladin: ntreda — place of entering
  • Lao: ທາງເຂົ້າ (thāng khao) — place of entering
  • Latin: ostium — place of entering
  • Latin: aditus — place of entering
  • Latin: introitus — place of entering
  • Latin: vestibulum — place of entering
  • Latvian: ieeja — place of entering
  • Lithuanian: įėjimas — place of entering
  • Luxembourgish: Agank — place of entering
  • Macedonian: влез (vlez) — place of entering
  • Malagasy: fidirana — place of entering
  • Māori: kūaha — place of entering
  • Eastern Mari: аҥ (aŋ) — place of entering
  • Middle English: entre — place of entering
  • Mongolian: орц (orc) — place of entering
  • Mongolian: орох хаалга (orox xaalga) — place of entering
  • Neapolitan: entràta — place of entering
  • Norwegian Bokmål: inngang — place of entering
  • Norwegian Bokmål: entré — place of entering
  • Occitan: intrada — place of entering
  • Old Church Slavonic: въходъ (vŭxodŭ) — place of entering
  • Pannonian Rusyn: уход (uxod) — place of entering
  • Pashto: مدخل (madxál) — place of entering
  • Iranian Persian: وُرود (vorud) — place of entering
  • Iranian Persian: وُرودی (vorudi) — place of entering
  • Iranian Persian: مَدْخَل (madxal) — place of entering
  • Polish: wejście — place of entering
  • Portuguese: entrada — place of entering
  • Romanian: intrare — place of entering
  • Russian: вход (vxod) — place of entering
  • Russian: въезд (vʺjezd) — place of entering
  • Russian: подъе́зд (podʺjézd) — place of entering
  • Russian: пара́дная (parádnaja) — place of entering
  • Sanskrit: प्रवेश (praveśa) — place of entering
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̀лаз — place of entering
  • Serbo-Croatian: ùlaz — place of entering
  • Slovak: vchod — place of entering
  • Slovene: vhod — place of entering
  • Spanish: entrada — place of entering
  • Spanish: entradero — place of entering
  • Swedish: ingång — place of entering
  • Swedish: entré — place of entering
  • Tagalog: pasukan — place of entering
  • Tagalog: entrada — place of entering
  • Tajik: даромад (daromad) — place of entering
  • Tajik: вуруд (vurud) — place of entering
  • Tajik: мадхал (madxal) — place of entering
  • Tamil: நுழைவாயில் (nuḻaivāyil) — place of entering
  • Thai: ทางเข้า (taang-kâo) — place of entering
  • Turkish: giriş — place of entering
  • Turkish: girme — place of entering
  • Turkmen: girelge — place of entering
  • Ukrainian: вхід (vxid) — place of entering
  • Ukrainian: в'їзд (vʺjizd) — place of entering
  • Urdu: داخِلَہ (dāxila) — place of entering
  • Urdu: مَدْخَل (madxal) — place of entering
  • Uyghur: ئىشىك (ishik) — place of entering
  • Uyghur: كىرىش ئېغىزى (kirish ëghizi) — place of entering
  • Uzbek: eshik — place of entering
  • Uzbek: kirish — place of entering
  • Venetan: entrada — place of entering
  • Venetan: intrada — place of entering
  • Vietnamese: lối vào — place of entering
  • Volapük: nügolöp — place of entering
  • Walloon: intrêye — place of entering
  • Welsh: mynedfa — place of entering
  • Yiddish: אַרײַנגאַנג (arayngang) — place of entering
  • Armenian: մուտք (mutkʻ) — right to go in
  • Bulgarian: до́стъп (dóstǎp) — right to go in
  • Finnish: sisäänpääsy — right to go in
  • French: entrée — right to go in
  • German: Zutritt — right to go in
  • Greek: είσοδος (eísodos) — right to go in
  • Italian: accesso — right to go in
  • Latin: aditus — right to go in
  • Lithuanian: įstojimas — right to go in
  • Macedonian: влез (vlez) — right to go in
  • Middle English: entre — right to go in
  • Norwegian Bokmål: adgang — right to go in
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tilgang — right to go in
  • Norwegian Bokmål: entré — right to go in
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: åtgang — right to go in
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tilgjenge — right to go in
  • Portuguese: acesso — right to go in
  • Russian: до́ступ (dóstup) — right to go in
  • Slovene: vstop — right to go in
  • Walloon: intrêye — right to go in
  • Finnish: aloitus — entering upon; the beginning
  • Russian: вступле́ние (vstuplénije) — entering upon; the beginning
  • Finnish: saapumisilmoitus — causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse
  • Finnish: aloitus — music: when a musician starts performing
  • Italian: introduzione — music: when a musician starts performing
  • Russian: вступле́ние (vstuplénije) — music: when a musician starts performing
  • Spanish: entrada — music: when a musician starts performing
  • Bulgarian: очаровам (očarovam) — to delight
  • Catalan: encisar — to delight
  • Catalan: fascinar — to delight
  • Dutch: verwonderen — to delight
  • Esperanto: fascini — to delight
  • Finnish: ilahduttaa — to delight
  • German: entzücken — to delight
  • German: berücken — to delight
  • Greek: μαγεύω (magévo) — to delight
  • Hungarian: elbűvöl — to delight
  • Hungarian: magával ragad — to delight
  • Hungarian: megigéz — to delight
  • Hungarian: lenyűgöz — to delight
  • Hungarian: rabul ejt — to delight
  • Hungarian: elragadtat — to delight
  • Indonesian: mempesona — to delight
  • Italian: incantare — to delight
  • Latin: fascinare — to delight
  • Norwegian: fortrylle — to delight
  • Norwegian: fascinere — to delight
  • Portuguese: encantar — to delight
  • Portuguese: fascinar — to delight
  • Slovene: začarati — to delight
  • Spanish: embelesar — to delight
  • Spanish: extasiar — to delight
  • Spanish: embeleñar — to delight
  • Catalan: encantar — to put into a trance
  • Catalan: embadalir — to put into a trance
  • Catalan: extasiar — to put into a trance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 使...出神 (shi chu shen) — to put into a trance
  • Dutch: in trance brengen — to put into a trance
  • Esperanto: hipnotigi — to put into a trance
  • Finnish: vaivuttaa transsiin — to put into a trance
  • French: ravir — to put into a trance
  • German: in Trance versetzen — to put into a trance
  • Greek: σαγηνεύω (saginévo) — to put into a trance
  • Greek: υπνωτίζω (ypnotízo) — to put into a trance
  • Hungarian: transzba/révületbe/eksztázisba ejt — to put into a trance
  • Italian: mandare in trance — to put into a trance
  • Japanese: 魅了する (miryō-suru) — to put into a trance
  • Norwegian: sette i transe — to put into a trance
  • Portuguese: extasiar — to put into a trance
  • Spanish: hechizar — to put into a trance
  • Spanish: poner en un trance — to put into a trance
  • Spanish: entrancear — to put into a trance
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