double entendres

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• Double Sens (Figure De Style) — Le double sens en français, « double entendre » en anglais, est une figure de style semblable au calembour, dans lequel une expression orale peut être comprise de l une ou l autre des deux manières, des deux sens. Le premier, est une… …   Wikipédia en Français

• double entendre — ► NOUN (pl. double entendres pronunc. same) ▪ a word or phrase open to two interpretations, one of which is usually indecent. ORIGIN from obsolete French, double understanding …   English terms dictionary

• Double entendre — An 1814 engraving of a double entendre. He: My sweet honey, I hope you are to be let with the Lodgins! She: No, sir, I am to be let alone. A double entendre (French pronunciation: [dublɑ̃tɑ̃dʁə]) or adianoeta[1] is a figure of speech in …   Wikipedia

• Double sens (figure de style) — Le double sens en français, « double entendre » en anglais, est une figure de style semblable au calembour, dans lequel une expression orale peut être comprise de l une ou l autre des deux manières, des deux sens. Le premier, est une… …   Wikipédia en Français

• double entendre — [ˌdu:b(ə)l ɒdouble entendre tɒdouble entendredr(ə)] noun (plural double entendres pronunciation same) a word or phrase open to two interpretations, one of which is usually indecent. Origin C17: from obs. Fr. (now double entente), double… …   English new terms dictionary

• double entendre — [[t]du͟ːb(ə)l ɒntɒ̱ndrə[/t]] double entendres N VAR 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... He has a fondness for outrageous double… …   English dictionary

• double entendre — /dub euhl ahn tahn dreuh, tahnd /; Fr. /dooh blahonn tahonn drddeu/, pl. double entendres /dub euhl ahn tahn dreuhz, tahndz /; Fr. /dooh blahonn tahonn drddeu/. 1. a double meaning. 2. a word or expression used in a given context so that it can… …   Universalium

• double entendre — UK [ˌduːb(ə)l ɒnˈtɒndrə] / US [ˌdub(ə)l ɑnˈtɑndrə] noun [countable] Word forms double entendre : singular double entendre plural double entendres a word or phrase that you use deliberately, knowing that it has two meanings, one of which is rude… …   English dictionary

• double entendre — noun (plural double entendres) Etymology: obsolete French, literally, double meaning Date: 1673 1. ambiguity of meaning arising from language that lends itself to more than one interpretation 2. a word or expression capable of two interpretations …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• double entendre — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [DUB ul on TON druh] a word or statement having two meanings, a risque ambiguity. The comedian couldn t be as frank as he wanted, so he used a lot of double entendres. SYN.: ambiguity, double… …   English dictionary for students

• double entendre —    (doo bl anh TANH dreu) [French] A double meaning; a phrase or word that can be understood in two ways, especially when one sense is improper or risqué.    So there he is, naked, reading a newspaper and muttering feeble double entendres, as he… …   Dictionary of foreign words and phrases