Entente, meaning a diplomatic "understanding," may refer to a number of agreements:

• The Entente Cordiale, 1904 between France and the United Kingdom.
• The Anglo-Russian Entente, 1907 between the United Kingdom and Russia.
• The Triple Entente, 1907 between France, Russia, and the United Kingdom.
• The Little Entente, 1920 to 1938 between Czechoslovakia, Romania, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
• The Conseil de l'Entente, 1959 between Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Niger, and (in 1966) Togo.
• The terms The Entente, The Triple Entente, The Entente Powers, and The Entente Forces also refer (informally) to the Allies of World War I, that is, powers opposed to the Central Powers in World War I.

The Entente Cordiale (French for friendly understanding) is a series of agreements signed on April 8, 1904, between the United Kingdom and France. ... Britain and Russia concluded the Anglo-Russian Entente on August 31, 1907, delimiting their respective spheres of interest in Persia and Afghanistan. ... European military alliances in 1915. ... Little Entente was the name of an alliance formed in 1920 and 1921 by Czechoslovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia with the purpose of defending against Hungarian irredentism and preventing the Habsburg restoration. ... The Conseil de lEntente (Council of Accord or Council of Understanding) is a West African regional co-operation forum established in May 1959 by Côte dIvoire, Niger, Burkina Faso and Benin, and joined in 1996 by Togo. ... Map of the World showing the participants in World War I. Those fighting on the Allies side (at one point or another) are depicted in green, the Central Powers in orange, and neutral countries in gray. ...

See also

• Détente

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