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I looked up entrée, and the Wikipedia page says that the American usage of the word is actually older than the contemporary French meaning of a dish served befo
by eridius 10y ago
I looked up entrée, and the Wikipedia page says that the American usage of the word is actually older than the contemporary French meaning of a dish served before the main course.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entr%C3%A9e https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entr%C3%A9e
- kgwgk 10y agoThe contemporary American meaning (the main course) doesn't seem really older than the contemporary French meaning. > The word entrée maintained this meaning of a substantial meat course served after the soup/fish and before the roast in Britain, France, and America until well after the first World War. http://languageoffood.blogspot.ch/2009/08/entree.html http://languageoffood.blogspot.ch/2009/08/entree.html
- umanwizard 10y agoHow could that possibly make sense etymologically? (I'm genuinely curious). Given that "entrée" means "entrance"...