Dear tsuwm: the only "entente" I remember is the Entente Cordiale that checked the Kaiser in early 1900's, until he built up his navy enough to feel able to risk war:
Agadir 1911
Double Entendre (English-French for Un mot à double
entente, or à deux ententes).
Words which secretly express a rude or coarse covert meaning, generally of a licentious character.
“Entendre” is the infinitive mood of a verb, and is never used as a noun.
I think that "entendre" means to understand, and I think that "entente" means agreement.
Not one to give up easily, Kaiser Wilhelm sends a warship to the Moroccan town
of Agadir in 1911 to "subtly" show German presence. This time, however, he
comes face to face with the Entente Cordiale, who put enough pressure on the
Kaiser to make him back out of Morocco completely.
