entre

• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

entre (third-person singular simple present entres, present participle entring, simple past and past participle entred)

1. Archaic spelling of enter.
   • 1566, John Martiall, “A Replie to M. Calfhills Blasphemous Answer Made Against the Treatise of the Crosse”, in D.M. Rogers, editor, English recusant literature, 1558-1640‎^[3], volume 203, page 125:

     And whosoever doth not suffer corruption to entre, by the five gates unto his soule, is rekoned amongest ...

   • 1722, Isaac Kimber, The History of England, page 470:

     Thus warlikely accoutred she rode immediately to Blois, where Forces and Provisions lay for the Relief of Orleans, with which she and the Marshal and Admiral of France entred.

• Enter, Enter., enter, enter-, rente, terne, treen

entre

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of entrar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of entrar

Inherited from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (“between”). First attested in the 12th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈen.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈen.tɾe]

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entre

1. between
   • 2020 August 8, Adom Getachew, “El colonialisme va fer el món modern: refem-lo [Colonialism made the modern world: let's remake it]”, in Ara‎^[4]:

     Entre el 1945 i el 1975, a mesura que es van guanyar les lluites per la independència a l’Àfrica i l’Àsia, la xifra de membres de les Nacions Unides va passar de 51 països a 144.

     Between 1945 and 1975, as the fights for independence in Africa and Asia were being won, the number of United Nations members when from 51 countries to 144.

2. among

• entre-
• inter-

• “entre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “entre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “entre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

entre c (singular definite entreen, plural indefinite entreer)

1. alternative form of entré

• intre (Lagarteiru)

From Old Galician-Portuguese entre, from Latin inter (“between”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (“between”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈentɾe/
• Rhymes: -entɾe
• Syllabification: en‧tre

entre (Mañegu, Valverdeñu)

1. among (denotes a belonging to a group)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 2: Númerus?:

     As lenguas, idiomas, dialectus o falas tenin un-as funciós mui claras desde o principiu dos siglu i si hai contabilizaus en o mundu un-as 8.000 lenguas, ca un-a con sua importancia numérica relativa, a nossa fala é un tesoiru mais entre elas.

     The tongues, languages or regional variants have some very clear functions since the beginning of the centuries and some 8,000 languages have been accounted for in the world, each with its relative numerical importance, Fala is yet another treasure among them.

2. between (done together or reciprocally)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 3: Radós:

     Pero, ademais, esta lengua materna sirvi de meiu de cumunicación entre paisanus do mismu lugal o de cualquera dos tres, […]

     But, furthermore, this mother tongue serves as a communication medium between countrymen from the same place or each of the three, […]

3. between (in the separating position or interval)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme II, Chapter 4: As Ordinis Militaris:

     Algu que está bastanti claro históricamenti é que o riu Ellas, en esta nossa Transerra, foi desde os principios da Reconquista fronteira practicamente inamuvibli entre o incipienti Portogal i o reinu de León i Castilla-león dispois.

     Something which is quite clear historically is that the Eljas river, in our Transerra, has been since the beginning of the Reconquista a practically immovable border between the incipient Portugal and the kingdom of Leon and later Castille-Leon.

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[5], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃tʁ/

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Inherited from Middle French entre, from Old French entre, inherited from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (“between”).

Doublet of inter-, a borrowing.

entre

1. between
2. among

entre

1. inflection of entrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “entre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• enter
• rente, renté
• terne

• antre, ontre

From Old Galician-Portuguese entre, from Latin inter.

The alternative form ontre, rare in Old Portuguese proper but well attested in Old Galician (Cantigas de Santa Maria), and rendered as unter in local Medieval Latin, derives probably^[1] from Suevic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *under: compare Old High German unter (“among, between”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈen.tɾɪ]

entre

1. between, among

• entre tanto

entre

1. inflection of entrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “entre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “entre”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “ontre”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “entre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “entre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “entre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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entre

1. inflection of entern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

From Dutch entree, from French entrée.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈentre/ [ˈen̪.t̪re]
• Rhymes: -entre
• Syllabification: en‧tre

éntré (plural entre-entre)

1. entrance, way in
2. (colloquial) an admission, an entrance fee

• “entre”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Latin inter.

entre (Hebrew spelling אינטרי)

1. between, among

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman entree, the feminine past participle of entrer; compare entren.

• entree, entreie
• entry (Late Middle English)

• IPA^(key): /ɛnˈtreː/, /ˈɛntreː/

entre (plural entres)

1. Entrance, entry; movement into:
   1. Ability or permission to enter.
   2. (property law) The claiming or acquisition of ownership (often by entry).
   3. (Early Scots, criminal law) Arrival in court or prison.
2. An entrance; a place for entering:
   1. The mouth of a watercourse or vessel.
   2. An opening facilitating entrance (such as a door)
   3. (figuratively) A way of entering a situation.
3. The beginning or start of something:
   1. The assumption of a position or membership.
   2. (rare) An introduction or preface.
4. A residential hall; communal housing.
5. (rare) An entry or item in a record.

• English: entry
• Middle Scots: entre, entree
  • Scots: entry

• “entrē, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “entry, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

entre

1. alternative form of entren

From Old French entre.

entre

1. between

• French: entre

• ente (Guernsey)

From Old French entre, from Latin inter.

entre

1. (Jersey) between, among

From French entrée.

• entré

entre m (definite singular entreen, indefinite plural entreer, definite plural entreene)

1. entry, entrance

From French entrer.

entre (imperative entr or entre, present tense entrer, passive entres, simple past and past participle entra or entret, present participle entrende)

1. to enter
2. to board (a boat)
3. (nautical) to climb (e.g. a mast), go aloft

• “entre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• enter, -erten, entré, erten, ertne, rente, terne, treen, trene

From French entrée.

• entré

entre m (definite singular entreen, indefinite plural entrear, definite plural entreane)

1. entry, entrance

From French entrer.

• entra

entre (present tense entrar, past tense entra, past participle entra, passive infinitive entrast, present participle entrande, imperative entre/entr)

1. to enter
2. to board (a boat)
3. (nautical) to climb (e.g. a mast), go aloft

• “entre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Occitan entre, from Latin inter.

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entre

1. between

Inherited from Latin inter.

entre

1. between
2. among; amongst

• Middle French: entre
  • French: entre

• antre, ontre (more frequent in Portugal and Galicia, respectivelly)

Inherited from Latin inter. The alternative form ontre was influenced perhaps^[1] by Suevic: compare Old High German unter (“among, between”).

entre

1. between, among, amongst
   • (Can we date this quote?), Afonso X, Joan Rodriguiz foi esmar a Balteira‎^[6]:

     E disse: «Esta é a madeira certeira,
     e, demais, non na dei eu a vós si[n]lheira;
     e, pois que s’en compasso á de meter,
     atan longa deve toda [a] seer
     per antr’as pernas da [e]scaleira.

     And he said: "This is the right wood,
     and besides, it doesn't fly. I gave it to you alone;
     and since it has to be put in steadily,
     as long as it is it must fit between the legs of the ladder."

• Fala: entre
• Galician: entre
• Portuguese: entre

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “entre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “entre”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “ontre”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “antre”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From Latin inter.

entre

1. between

• Occitan: entre

• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈẽ.tɾʲ/

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽtɾi, (Portugal) -ẽtɾɨ
• Hyphenation: en‧tre

From Old Galician-Portuguese entre, from Latin inter (“between; among”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (“between”).

• antre (archaic)

entre

1. among (denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects)
2. between (in the separating position or interval)
3. between (intermediate in quantity or degree)
4. between (shared in confidence)

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:entre.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

entre

1. inflection of entrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “entre”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “entre”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈentɾe/ [ˈẽn̪.t̪ɾe]

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• Rhymes: -entɾe
• Syllabification: en‧tre

Inherited from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁enter (“between”).

entre

1. between

   La frutería se encuentra entre el restaurante chileno y la panadería.

   The fruit shop is located between the Chilean restaurant and the bakery.

   Pon la mantequilla en la nevera, entre las dos botellas de leche.

   Put the butter in the fridge, between the two bottles of milk.

2. among, amongst, from

   Los estudiantes pueden elegir entre una amplia gama de clases.

   Students may choose from a wide range of classes.

3. divided by

   Diez entre cinco son dos. ― Ten divided by five is two.

4. as one of, as part of

   Sí, la cuento entre mi familia. ― Yes, I count her as part of my family.

5. (uncommon) within, inside

   Synonym: dentro de

   Todos nos reímos entre nosotros. ― We all laughed in our heads.

• With the meanings "between", "among" etc., entre (unlike most Spanish prepositions) governs the nominative case and not the prepositional case when used with pronouns:

  entre yo y mi hermano ― between me and my brother

  entre tú y ellos ― between you and them

  entre tú y yo ― between you and me

It is one of only two prepositions to take the nominative case, alongside según.

In third-person reflexive phrases, though, the reflexive prepositional pronoun sí can be used and is interchangeable with the nominative pronouns él, ella, ellos, ellas:

Hablaron entre sí. / Hablaron entre ellos. ― They talked amongst themselves.

Diego valora el vínculo entre sí mismo y sus amigos. / ...entre él mismo... ― Diego appreciates the bond between himself and his friends.

• In modern standard Spanish, the use of entre with the meaning "within" survives primarily in reflexive expressions with verbs such as decir, reírse, pensar etc., where entre indicates that the person was doing something in their own head. Note that with this meaning entre governs the prepositional pronouns mí, ti and sí (rather than yo, tú, él etc.):

  «¡Qué horror!», dije entre mí. ― "How awful!", I said in my head.

  ¿Qué pensaste entre ti al oír eso? ― What did you think to yourself when you heard that?

Its use as a synonym of dentro de outside of these contexts is now considered archaic and the Royal Spanish Academy discourages such usage, although it can sometimes be found in colloquial speech in some countries in the Americas.

entre

1. inflection of entrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “entre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024