Entrée, n.
Etymology: [F. See Entry.]
1. A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entrée of a house.
2. (Cookery)
In French usage, a dish served at the beginning of dinner to give zest to the appetite; in English usage, a side dish, served with a joint, or between the courses, as a cutlet, scalloped oysters, etc.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for entree; he lists it under entrance.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.