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puns

/pʌnz/

punnoun

puns

/pʌn/

Traductions

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.

Définitions

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.

Synonymes

play on words

wordplay

double entendre

witticism

quibble

punverb

puns

punned

Past Simple

punned

Past Participle

punning

Gerund

/pʌn/

Traductions

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.

Traductions supplémentaires

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

Définitions

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.

Synonymes

play on words

wordplay

double entendre

punadjective

Définitions

Relating to, characterized by, or intended for puns.

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