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entrer en religion: to take one's vows, to take orders (to enter a religious order, a religious community)
entrer en scène: to come on (to appear on a stage); to enter the picture, to enter the scene, to come on the scene
entrer en service: to take up one's post, to start one's new job
entrer en vigueur: to come into force, to come into effect
entrer par une oreille et sortir par l'autre: to go in one ear and out the other
entresol: entresol
entretailler: to knock knees, to have one's legs hit each other when one walks
entretemps: meanwhile, in the meantime; ever since, since then (since the period mentioned till now)
entretemps: interim, break
entretenir: to maintain, to look after; to support (e.g. a family); to fuel, to keep something going; to have a discussion (with someone); to keep fit
entretenu: kept clean, tidy; in good condition, well-preserved; kept, supported financially, whose material expenses are covered by someone else (especially a lover)
entretien: upkeep (maintenance); welfare, well-being; interview (dialogue)
entretien d'embauche: job interview
entretoiser: to brace, to put a brace/crosspiece between (two beams)
entretuer: to kill each other
entrevoir: to make out, see vaguely; to glimpse; to foresee, anticipate; to catch sight of, see briefly
entrevu: glimpsed
entrevue: interview
entrisme: entryism
entropie: entropy
entropion: entropion
entropique: entropic
entropiquement: entropically
entrouvert: half-opened
entrouvrir: to half-open; to leave ajar
entrée: entry, act of entering; entrance, way in; starter (of a meal); mudroom; headword, entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia)
entrée de gamme: low-end
entrée de service: service entrance
entrée des artistes: stagedoor; anus
entrée en fonction: taking of office, assuming of one's post, coming into power
entrée en matière: an introduction, a way in, a lead-in
entrée en vigueur: coming into force, coming into effect
entuber: to shaft, to fuck over, dupe, swindle, fool
enturbannement: enturbanment
enturbanner: to enturban
enturbanné: turbaned
entéléchie: entelechy
entéralgie: enteralgia
entérinement: ratification
entériner: to ratify, to confirm, to consent
entérique: enteric
entérite: enteritis (intestinal disease)
entéro-rénal: enterorenal
entérobactérie: enterobacteria
entérocolite: enterocolitis
entérocoque: enterococcus
entérocytaire: enterocytic
entérocyte: enterocyte
entérokinase: enterokinase
entérologie: enterology
entéropathie: enteropathy
entéropneuste: acorn worm
entérorénal: enterorenal
entérotrope: enterotropic
entérovaccin: enterovaccine
entête: post-1990 spelling of en-tête
entêtement: stubbornness
entêter: to be obstinate about, to persist in; to go to someone's head
entêté: stubborn
entôler: to cover with sheet metal; to rip off