jeu de mots — meaning in English

English meaning

• pun noun A joke that plays on a word's different meanings or on words that sound alike.
• wordplay noun Clever or humorous use of words, such as puns or double meanings.

Senses

jeu de mots is used for these senses in English:

• play on words (idiomatic) A pun, or similar humorous use of language such as a double entendre.
• pun A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.
• wordplay A humorous play on words; such plays on words collectively.

pun — full definition

1. noun A joke that plays on a word's different meanings or on words that sound alike.
2. verb To make a joke by playing on the sound or meaning of words.

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