Entente, meaning a diplomatic "understanding", may refer to a number of agreements:
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Entente (alliance)
An entente () is a type of treaty or military alliance
A military alliance is a formal Alliance, agreement between nations that specifies mutual obligations regarding national security. In the event a nation is attacked, members of the allianc ...
, a type of treaty or military alliance where the signatories promise to consult each other or to cooperate with each other in case of a crisis or military action
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Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale (; ) comprised a series of agreements signed on 8 April 1904 between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom and the French Third Republic, French Republic which saw a significant improvement in Fr ...
(1904) between France and the United Kingdom
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Anglo-Russian Entente (1907) between the United Kingdom and Russia
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Triple Entente
The Triple Entente (from French meaning "friendship, understanding, agreement") describes the informal understanding between the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It was built upon th ...
, an informal understanding between the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, built upon the Franco-Russian Alliance (1894), the Entente Cordiale (1904), and the Anglo-Russian Entente (1907)
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Allies of World War I
The Allies or the Entente (, ) was an international military coalition of countries led by the French Republic, the United Kingdom, the Russian Empire, the United States, the Kingdom of Italy, and the Empire of Japan against the Central Powers ...
, sometimes referred to as "The Entente", "The Entente Powers", or "The Entente Forces"
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Little Entente
The Little Entente was an alliance formed in 1920 and 1921 by Czechoslovakia, Romania and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia from 1929 on) with the purpose of common defense against Hungarian revisionism and the prospect of ...
(1920–1938), between Czechoslovakia, Romania, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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Balkan Entente (1934–1938), between Greece, Turkey, Romania and Yugoslavia
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Baltic Entente (1934–1939), between Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
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Conseil de l'Entente
The Conseil de l'Entente ("Council of Accord" or "Council of Understanding") is a West African regional co-operation forum established in May 1959 by Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Republic of Upper Volta, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and Republic of Da ...
(1959), between Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Niger, and (in 1966) Togo
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Entente frugale (beginning 2010), cooperation between the British and French governments
Other
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Entente Florale Europe, an international horticultural competition
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International Entente Against the Third International, an international anticommunist organisation founded in 1924
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International Entente of Radical and Similar Democratic Parties, a political international existed in 1923–1938
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The Entente: Battlefields WW1'', a 2004 video game
See also
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Détente
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L'Entente (disambiguation)
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