entrance

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English

Alternative forms

• entraunce

Etymology 1

From Middle French entrance (“entry”)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: ĕn'trəns, IPA: /ˈɛn.trəns/, SAMPA: /"Entr@ns/

Noun

entrance (countable and uncountable; plural entrances)

1. (countable) The action of entering, or going in.

   Her entrance attracted no attention whatsoever.

2. (countable) The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.

   Place your bag by the entrance so that you can find it easily.

3. (uncountable) The right to go in.

   You'll need a ticket to gain entrance to the museum.

Synonyms

• ingang

Translations

The action of entering, or going in

Armenian: մուտք (mutk') Bulgarian: влизане (bg) n. French: entrée (fr) Greek: εμφάνιση (el) (emfánisi) f., είσοδος (el) (eísodos) f. Italian: entrata (it) Kurdish: چونه‌ژوره‌وه‌

Latin: ostium (la), ingressus (la) m., ingressio (la) f., introitus (la) m., aditus (la) m., vestibulum (la) n. Macedonian: влегување (mk) (vlegúvanje) n. Norwegian: entré (no), ankomst (no) m. Slovene: vstop (sl) m.

The place of entering, as a gate or doorway

Arabic: مدخل (mádxal) m. Armenian: մուտք (mutk') Bulgarian: вход (bg) m. Catalan: entrada (ca) f. Chinese: 入口 (rùkǒu), 門口, 门口 (ménkǒu), 進口, 进口 (jìnkǒu) Czech: vchod (cs) m. Dutch: ingang (nl) m. Esperanto: enirejo (eo) Finnish: sisäänkäynti (fi) French: entrée (fr) f. German: Eingang (de) m. Greek: είσοδος (el) (eísodos) f. Italian: entrata (it) f. Japanese: 入口 (いりぐち, iriguchi)

Korean: 입구 (ko) (Ipgu) Kurdish: قاپی Latin: ostium (la), aditus (la) m., introitus (la) m., vestibulum (la) n. Luxembourgish: Agank (lb) m. Macedonian: влез (mk) (vlez) m. Norwegian: inngang (no) m., , entré (no) m., Portuguese: entrada (pt) Romanian: intrare (ro) Russian: вход (ru) (vxod) m., въезд (ru) (v'jezd) m., подъезд (ru) (pod'jézd) m. Slovene: vhod (sl) m. Spanish: entrada, f. Vietnamese: lối vào (vi)

The right to go in

Armenian: մուտք (mutk') Bulgarian: достъп (bg) m. French: entrée (fr) Greek: είσοδος (el) (eísodos) f. Italian: accesso (it) Latin: aditus (la) m.

Macedonian: влез (mk) (vlez) m. Norwegian: Bokmål: adgang (no) m., tilgang (no) m., entré (no) m., Nynorsk: åtgang (nn) m., tilgjenge (nn) m. Slovene: vstop m.

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Chinese: 入口 (rù kǒu) Dutch: binnenkomst f. (1), intrede f. (2), toegangsrecht n. (3) German: Zutritt m. Hungarian: bejárat Indonesian: jalan masuk Interlingua: entrata

Korean: 입구 (ip gu) Latin: aditus, introitus Maltese: dħul Tupinambá: 1. eiké (t-) Volapük: nügolöp

Etymology 2

From en- + trance (“daze”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɛnˈtɹæns/, SAMPA: /En"tr{ns/
• Rhymes: -æns

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Verb

entrance (third-person singular simple present entrances, present participle entrancing, simple past and past participle entranced)

1. (transitive) To delight and fill with wonder.

   The children were immediately entranced by all the balloons.

   • 1996 — Disney, The Hunchback of Notre Dame

     See the finest girl in France make an entrance to entrance...

2. (transitive) To put into a trance.

Translations

To delight

Bulgarian: очаровам (bg) Dutch: verwonderen (nl) Italian: incantare (it) Latin: fascinare (la)

Norwegian: fortrylle (no), fascinere (no) Slovene: začarati (sl)

To put into trance

Dutch: in trance brengen

Italian: mandare in trance (it) Norwegian: sette i transe (no)

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French: enchanter Indonesian: mempesona Interlingua: incantar Japanese: 魅了する (みりょうする, miryō-suru)

Mandarin: 施展魔法 Portuguese: encantar Spanish: encantar Volapük: bemagivön