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Definition of double entendre in English Turkish dictionary
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Definition of double entendre in English English dictionary
- A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo
A woman walks into a bar and asks the barman for a double entendre and he gives it to her.
- plural form of double entendre
It is not only the teacher's play with single words, phrases, and double entendre that are common in my classroom data.
- A double entendre is a word or phrase that has two meanings, one of which is rude and often sexual. He is a master of the pun and the double entendre. a word or phrase that may be understood in two different ways, one of which is often sexual ((1600-1700))
- an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate
- word or expression that has two different meanings one of which is obscure
- entendre
- double entendres
- plural form of double entendre
- double-entendre
- Alternative spelling of double entendre
- doubleentendre
- A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate
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double entendre
Hyphenation
dou·ble entendreTurkish pronunciation
dʌbıl äntändrıSynonyms
ambiguity, amphibiology, double meaning, equivocality, equivocation, equivoque, innuendo, joke, pun, tergiversationPronunciation
/ˈdəbəl änˈtändrə/ /ˈdʌbəl ɑːnˈtɑːndrə/
Etymology
[ 'd&-b&l ] (adjective.) 13th century. * French double (“double”) + entendre (“to mean, to understand”). * English double + French entendre (“meaning”).Resimler
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