agrément

[ah-grey-mahnt, a-grey-mahn]

noun

plural

agréments 

1. Music.,  ornament.

2. agréments. Also agrémens agreeable qualities or circumstances.

3. the official approval by a government of a proposed envoy from a foreign government.

agrément

/ agremɑ̃ /

noun

1. 1. formal approval for a construction project to proceed

   2. ( as modifier )

      an agrément certificate

Word History and Origins

Origin of agrément¹

1705–15; < French: literally, pleasure; agreement

Word History and Origins

Origin of agrément¹

C20: French, literally: agreement