entrée French · revision 17090

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1119, Philippe de Thaon, Comput|origins=la intrō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɑ̃.tʁe/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''entrée''' ''f'' (plural entrées)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the feminine past participle of [[entrer]] used as a noun.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(FEW|4, 776a) The verb is from [[la|intrō|t=to enter]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ Compare [[pro|intrada]], [[es|entrada]] and [[it|entrata]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Philippe de Thaon's ''Comput'' (1119) uses it for the place through which one enters, Wace (1130–40) for the act of entering, here into paradise.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Wace also used it for the edge or beginning of a place (the edge of a wood, 1160–74), and Chrétien de Troyes for the beginning of a period (''l'entree d'oitovre'', about 1176).^(TLFi) From 1462 it named a duty on goods brought in, and in 1679 Madame de Sévigné uses ''les entrées'' for the right of access to the king's bedchamber.^(TLFi)

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+ At table, ''entrée de table'' is in Rabelais (1552), and, from the early 17th century the ''entrée'' was a dish served at the start of the meal.^(GLLF 1989) The theatre has an actor's ''entrée'' on stage, and the ballet ''entrée'' (Oudin, 1660).^(Petit Robert 2007)^(BHVF) In dictionaries an ''entrée'' is a headword.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1119 – A way in, Philippe de Thaon.^(TLFi)

+ * 1130–40 – The act of entering, Wace.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1176 – A beginning, Chrétien de Troyes.^(TLFi)

+ * 1462 – An import duty.^(TLFi)

+ * 1552 – ''Entrée de table'', Rabelais.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1660 – A ballet entry, Oudin.^(BHVF)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|entry]], act of entering: ''faire son entrée'', ''l'entrée en guerre'', ''entrée en vigueur''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An [[m|en|entrance]], way in: ''l'entrée de l'immeuble'', ''porte d'entrée''; hall.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # Admission, access; a ticket: ''entrée libre'', ''examen d'entrée''.^(Wiktionary)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # A [[m|en|starter]], first course of a meal.^(Wiktionary)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # The beginning: ''à l'entrée de l'hiver'', ''d'entrée de jeu'', from the outset.^(TLFi)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An entry, headword (in a dictionary).^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[entrer]]

+ * [[rentrée]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}