entrée

Or en·tree

[ahn-trey]

noun

1. a dish served as the main course of a meal.

2. Older Use.,  a dish served at dinner between the principal courses.

3. the privilege of entering; access.

   Synonyms: entry, admission

4. a means of obtaining entry.

   His friendship with an actor's son was his entrée into the theatrical world.

   Synonyms: entry, admission

5. the act of entering; entrance.

entrée

/ ˈɒntreɪ /

noun

1. a dish served before a main course

2. the main course of a meal

3. the power or right of entry

Word History and Origins

Origin of entrée¹

1775–85; < French, noun use of feminine past participle of entrer to enter; entry

Word History and Origins

Origin of entrée¹

C18: from French, from entrer to _enter ; in cookery, so called because formerly the course was served after an intermediate course called the relevé (remove)

Example Sentences

My willingness to abandon a single entree for a few little bites is inherited.

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Though Swift might incur some ire from football traditionalists, her entrée into the sports world has grown her audience and popularized the NFL on a global scale, unlike ever before.

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He won entree through the old-boys network: His father, who ran security for an aircraft contractor and was once an FBI agent, had called in a favor.

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It was, as the French might say, une entrée dramatique.

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That was my entrée into MAGA, a movement that inarguably appeals to the disillusioned, especially those whose disenchantment manifests in both personal and political terms.

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Related Words

• admission