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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

She had expended all the arts of courtesy and all the devices of politeness to effect this entente cordiale; but all in vain.

From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James