entente cordiale

[ahn-tahnt kawr-dyahl, ahn-tahnt kawr-dyal] / ɑnˈtɑnt kɔrˈdyɑl, ɑ̃ˈtɑ̃t kɔrˈdyal /

NOUN

mutual understanding

Synonyms

STRONGEST

consensus pact rapport

WEAK

agreement arrangement compact concord contract covenant deal entente good understanding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disagreement

NOUN

peace treaty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accord cease-fire

WEAK

arms agreement concord entente international agreement mutual-defense treaty nonaggression pact nonaggression treaty nonproliferation treaty peace accord suspension of hostilities treaty of friendship

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Are the French less interested in the entente cordiale than they used to be?

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2023

They want you to swallow, in one savory sitting, their tale of colliding cultures reaching an entente cordiale.

From Time • Aug. 7, 2014

"Watson's French foray lacking in entente cordiale," a headline in the Independent said.

From Golf Digest • Jul. 4, 2011

Gastronomy just might be the strongest modern link in the entente cordiale between France and England.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2011

Thus jealousies sprang up which threatened to disrupt the entente cordiale normally existing in the younger set of Falls City.

From The Boss of Wind River by Chisholm, A. M. (Arthur Murray)

entente cordiale

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