double entendre
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
double entendre
- (idiomatic) A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.
- 1812, A treatise on politeness, tr. from the French by a lady, page 172
- Avoid all equivocal expressions, usually denominated double entendre; they are certain proofs of a mean and indelicate mind.
- 1812, A treatise on politeness, tr. from the French by a lady, page 172
- French: double sens, équivoque
- German: Doppeldeutigkeit , Zweideutigkeit
- Italian: doppio senso
- Portuguese: duplo sentido
- Russian: двусмы́сленность
- Spanish: doble sentido, albur (Mexico and Dominican Republic)
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