Entrée

Culinary term meaning appetiser in French, British English and most languages, but not in American English where for some reason it means main dish.

- French portions are ridiculously small! I once got an entrée in Paris and it was the size of an appetizer.

by Josh9168 March 12, 2021

Entrée

The dish served before the main dish

Jackie was the entrée before the main dish

by Jackie is an entrée February 10, 2020

entree

Translation-challenged way to refer to a main dish (at a restaurant) in the United States. It is directly derived from the French word "entrée" meaning "starter" or "appetizer".

I'm just going to go ahead and directly have an entree of cheeseburger and fries please.

by rorrzo August 11, 2017

entree

heater, burner, gun, glock, heat, nine. any kind of gun.

imma spray him wit the entree if he keep talkin.

by Myles Webster July 4, 2004

Entree Envy

When youre jealous of the food the person you're dining with orders, and you wish you'd ordered it instead what you actually got.

"That burger looks amazing, I'm having serious entree envy"

by Jaclyn W October 16, 2008

entree anxiety

1)Disappointment caused by the inability to get a menu item for which one has an enhanced craving or anticipation.
2)Dissatisfaction caused when a meal or course received is not what was anticipated or expected.

1) Entree Anxiety would be caused by going to a special restaurant to order one's favorite item only to discover that it is no longer on the menu.
2)To order a menu item which one has been craving, but when the dish is served it is different or substandard to what one had expected would cause entree anxiety.

by Pat Lanagan January 11, 2008

Entrée Envy

That moment when you order your food then realize that you like how someone else’s food looks

I had a bad case of entrée envy when I saw the elegant dish my girlfriend ordered next to my rice dish.

by Interius July 16, 2021