Hi!



I would like to know what is the best way to translate "entrée". I know that it should be "appetizer" but the problem is that the french translation of "appetizer" in the WordReference dictionary is not "entrée" but "amuse-bouche" or "amuse-gueule".



That's not the same, because "amuse-bouche" or "amuse-gueule" are smaller dishes than "entrée" and it will sound a bit pejorative if you call an "entrée" an "amuse-bouche".



Moreover, in French, we can use "amuse-bouche" or "amuse-gueule" in figurative. For example if you do something and you find it was really easy to do and then you have to do something harder, you can say "c'était juste un amuse-bouche"...



Thanks



PS: how can you translate "merci d'avance"? "Thanks by advance" definitively sounds odd…