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entrée

noun · 4 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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  • /ˈɒntɹeɪ/
  • /ˈɑntɹeɪ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A smaller dish served before the main course of a meal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, Quebec, UK, historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: appetizer, hors d'oeuvre, starter

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The main course or main dish of a meal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: main, main course

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The act of entering somewhere, or permission to enter; admittance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: access, admission, admittance, entry

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An introduction or prelude.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French entrée. Doublet of entrada and entry.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: предястие (predjastie) — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 前菜 (qiáncài) — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Finnish: alkupala — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • French: entrée — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Georgian: პირველი კურსი (ṗirveli ḳursi) — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • German: Vorspeise — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Greek: ορεκτικό (orektikó) — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Ido: entreo — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Japanese: アントレ (antore) — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Korean: 앙트레 (angteure) — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Latin: gustātiō — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Māori: kumamatanga — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Polish: zakąska — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Polish: przystawka — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Portuguese: entrada — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Romanian: aperitiv — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Russian: заку́ска (zakúska) — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Russian: антре́ (antrɛ́) — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Russian: пе́рвое блю́до (pérvoje bljúdo) — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Serbo-Croatian: predjelo — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Spanish: entremés — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Swedish: förrätt — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Swedish: entré — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Swedish: entrérätt — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Ukrainian: заку́ска (zakúska) — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Ukrainian: перша страва (perša strava) — dish served before the main course of a meal — see also starter, appetizer
  • Bulgarian: влизане (vlizane) — act of entering
  • Finnish: sisääntulo — act of entering
  • French: entrée — act of entering
  • German: Zutritt — act of entering
  • German: Zugang — act of entering
  • Polish: wejście — act of entering
  • Romanian: intrare — act of entering
  • Russian: вход (vxod) — act of entering
  • Russian: вхожде́ние (vxoždénije) — act of entering
  • Swedish: entré — act of entering
  • Swedish: inträde — act of entering
  • Swedish: ankomst — act of entering
  • Swedish: intåg — act of entering