agrément

[ ah-grey-mahnt; French a-grey-mahn ]

noun

, plural a·gré·ments [ah-grey-, mahnts, a, -g, r, ey-, mahn].

1. Music. ornament ( def 9 ).
2. agréments. Also a·gré·mens [] agreeable qualities or circumstances.
3. the official approval by a government of a proposed envoy from a foreign government.

agrément

/ agremɑ̃ /

noun

1. 1. formal approval for a construction project to proceed
   2. ( as modifier )

      an agrément certificate

Word History and Origins

Origin of agrément¹

1705–15; < French: literally, pleasure; agreement

Word History and Origins

Origin of agrément¹

C20: French, literally: agreement

Example Sentences

Patient records instead showed “self-assessment scores” from questionnaires, according to the settlement agrement.

From Los Angeles Times

Neither nation, however, is on track to achieve the emissions reductions needed to contain warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius as specified in the Paris climate agrement, according to the Climate Action Tracker, a project following government action on global warming.

From Los Angeles Times

Russia was informed of the administration’s decision to choose Tracy’s several weeks ago but has not yet given its formal approval, known as “agrément” in diplomatic parlance, the officials said.

From Seattle Times

Archbishop Waldemar Sommertag, who was ambassador since 2018, had to leave the country suddenly this week after the government of President Daniel Ortega withdrew its diplomatic approval of the envoy, known in diplomatic language as an agrément.

From Reuters

The United States sent Ms. Brink’s name to Ukraine’s government last month for customary review and approval by the host government, in a diplomatic custom known by the French term agrément, and Biden officials are eager for Kyiv’s clearance so they can submit her to the Senate for confirmation.

From New York Times