Entrée -- What's the Dish?

[nq:1]In culinary terms what is an "entrée"? According to BrE (I think) it is the main dish of a meal. ... Shome contradiction, shurely? So... is the "entrée" the «plat principal» or «the hors d'oeuvre»? Have at it, and bon appé***![/nq]
In France, the "entrée " is the "hors d'oeuvre" not the main dish of a meal;

Michèle

[nq:1]In culinary terms what is an "entrée"? According to BrE (I think) it is the main dish of a meal. ... Shome contradiction, shurely? So... is the "entrée" the «plat principal» or «the hors d'oeuvre»? Have at it, and bon appé***![/nq]
Genuinely transpondial, it seems.

According to NSOED the BrE meaning is "a dish served between the fish course and the main meat course" (so not a h

If that's the case, then what is the "hors d'oeuvre" in french? What do they call them?

CAM
[nq:2]In culinary terms w

[nq:1]In culinary terms what is an "entrée"?[/nq]
It implies starter to me, but rarely do I use french terms for courses I eat. -- .sig is in the post

[nq:1]If that's the case, then what is the "hors d'oeuvre" in french? What do they call them? CAM[/nq]
[nq:2]You can have cold

[nq:2]If that's the case, then what is the "hors d'oeuvre" in french? What do they call them? CAM[/nq]
[nq:1]You can have cold

(16 Jul 2003) in news:copeSPAMZAP- (Email Removed) / alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]In culinary terms what is an "entrée"? According to BrE (I think) it is the main dish of a meal. ... Shome contradiction, shurely? So... is the "entrée" the «plat principal» or «the hors d'oeuvre»? Have at it, and bon appé***![/nq]
Notice in the COD10 entry below that, in sense 1, the intermediate dish usage is

"X Kyle M Thompson" (Email Removed) writes:
[nq:2]In culinary terms what is an "entrée"?[/nq]
[nq:1]It implies starter to me, but rarely do I use french terms for courses I eat.[/nq]
"Course" notwithstanding? We don't mind having salads, hors d'oeuvres or desserts here, either, and we use condiments with abandon. ****, we've been known to have an aperitif or two. All of these came fro

Le Wed, 16 Jul 2003 10:34:05 -0400, MC a écrit :
[nq:1]In culinary terms what is an "entrée"? According to BrE (I think) it is the main dish of a meal.[/nq]
Not BrE, but AmE.

In Australian English, there's no room for doubt. The entrée is what we eat before the main dish. I suspect that the same is true in BrE.

In French, too, there is no room for doubt. First you

Le Wed, 16 Jul 2003 15:08:12 GMT, chris mccabe a écrit :
[nq:1]If that's the case, then what is the "hors d'oeuvre" in french? What do they call them?[/nq]
The horse doovers are typically eaten standing up, while waiting for the meal to start.

The entrée is what you get once you sit down at the table, as a warm-up for the soup. The word, as you might guess, means 'entry': the beg