entrée

entrance, entry

noun ahn-TREH Less Common

Also means

starter (first course of a meal)

Usage Note

Entrée is a false friend for English speakers: in French it means the entrance or the first course of a meal (starter/appetiser), not the main course. In North American English 'entrée' has shifted to mean the main course — the opposite of its French sense. The plural les entrées in a restaurant always refers to starters.

Examples

"L'entrée est une soupe à l'oignon."

Natural Translation

The starter is an onion soup.

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