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pun

/pʌn/

Traducciones

punnoun

puns

/pʌn/

calembour

The comedian's pun about the bakery being on a roll had the audience laughing.

Le calembour du comédien sur la boulangerie « en pleine forme » a fait rire le public.

jeu de mots

His fondness for pun made every conversation a playful challenge.

Son goût pour le jeu de mots faisait de chaque conversation un défi ludique.

Sinónimos

wordplay

quibble

witticism

double entendre

play on words

punverb

punned

Past Simple

punned

Past Participle

punning

Gerund

/pʌn/

faire des calembours

He loves to pun on words, often making everyone laugh with his clever wordplay.

Il adore faire des calembours sur les mots, faisant souvent rire tout le monde avec ses jeux de mots ingénieux.

Traducciones adicionales

jouer sur les motsExpression plus générale ; convient quand le jeu sur les sons ou les sens est implicite.

Sinónimos

play on words

double entendre

wordplay

punadjective

/pʌn/

Used attributively before a noun to indicate relation to or characteristic of puns (e.g., "pun contest").

Traducciones adicionales

calembouristiqueTerme soutenu et relativement rare.

Sinónimos

Definiciones

punnoun

A humorous play on words, often involving a word with multiple meanings or words that sound similar but have different meanings.

The comedian's pun about the bakery being on a roll had the audience laughing.

The art, practice, or habitual use of puns; punning.

His fondness for pun made every conversation a playful challenge.

punverb

To make a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.

He loves to pun on words, often making everyone laugh with his clever wordplay.

punadjective

Relating to, characterized by, or intended for puns.

The festival featured a pun contest that attracted word-play enthusiasts.