entrée

 
Pronunciation: /ˈɒntreɪ/

noun

  • 1the main course of a meal.
  • British a dish served between the first and main courses at a formal dinner.
  • 2the right to enter or join a particular sphere or group: an actress with an entrée into the intellectual society of Berlin

Origin:

early 18th century (denoting a piece of instrumental music forming the first part of a suite): French, feminine past participle of entrer 'enter' (see entry)