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‖ entente cordiale|ɑ̃tɑ̃t kɔrdjal|
[Fr.]
A friendly understanding, esp. one between two or more political powers or states; spec. with reference to the understanding arrived at between England and France in 1904, and between these two countries and Russia in 1908.
1844T. Raikes Jrnl. 3 June (1857) IV. 400 Still less had he [sc. the Tsar] the slightest wish or intention to derange or counteract this entente cordiale between England and France. 1845Ford Hand-bk. Spain i. 227 But all this breeds bad blood and mars, on the Spaniards' part, the entente cordiale. 1847H. Greville Diary (1883) I. 189 If Guizot remains in office Normanby must be recalled, as the only chance of a renewal of the entente cordiale. 1860F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing vi. 36 The entente cordiale..between the doctor and his head nurse. 1870J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 320 Something that would break the entente cordiale of placid mutual assurance. 1904Spectator 31 Dec. 1070/1 The Cologne Gazette last week discounted M. Jaurès's reply to Count von Bülow, and warned its readers that the entente cordiale with England was aimed against Germany. 1908Times 11 Mar. 11/6 The agreements which constitute the entente cordiale with France. 1965A. J. P. Taylor Eng. Hist. 1914–45 xii. 417 There had always been something strained and artificial in the entente cordiale with France. 1970New Yorker 25 July 8/2 The dining is an entente cordiale between East and West. Dancing. Closed Mondays. |