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minus-squareboonhet@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 hours agoCan y’all stop using the word entree to mean main course rather than appetizer? It has the same root as entry for a reason lol, it comes before the main course. The English word is just “main course”.
minus-squarechloroken@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·18 hours agoEntree is common Anglo parlance for the main meal. Shut up, pedant.
minus-squareMacAnus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·17 hours agoTIL! As a French speaker I would have gotten them mixed up if it wasn’t for you guys’ lil discussion here
minus-squaresem@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoYeah maybe a historian can comment on how it got switched in English. It’s what we call a “false friend”.
Can y’all stop using the word entree to mean main course rather than appetizer? It has the same root as entry for a reason lol, it comes before the main course. The English word is just “main course”.
Entree is common Anglo parlance for the main meal. Shut up, pedant.
TIL! As a French speaker I would have gotten them mixed up if it wasn’t for you guys’ lil discussion here
Yeah maybe a historian can comment on how it got switched in English.
It’s what we call a “false friend”.
I had an outree for dessert.