Meaning of double entendre | Babel Free
dubl ɑ̃tɑ̃ːdɹDefinitions
A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.
Equivalents
العربية
تورية
Čeština
dvojsmysl
Dansk
tvetydighed
Suomi
kaksimielisyys
Italiano
doppio senso
日本語
ダブル・ミーニング
Nederlands
dubbele bodem
Polski
pikanteria
Português
duplo sentido
Русский
двусмысленность
Examples
“Avoid⟳ all equivocal expressions, usually denominated double⟳ entendre; they are certain proofs of a mean⟳ and indelicate mind⟳.”
“It is a momentous crusade without the cross; and an insidious one, for the calumnies and double⟳ entendre against the church are well wrapped up and keenly distributed.”
“Churn and stick⟳, and the agitation needed to make⟳ the butter, would obviously suggest⟳ sexual intercourse, and so the work⟳ song becomes an occasion for a series of double⟳ entendres in which the dairy maids could tease the men working in the vicinity and thus enact the courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi to make⟳ their work⟳ sacred.”
“It is not only the teacher's play⟳ with single words, phrases, and double⟳ entendre that are common in my classroom data.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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