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double entente

double entente is the alternative form of double entendre.

Meaning of double entendre

Noun

double entendre (plural double entendres or (nonstandard) doubles entendres or (nonstandard) double entendre)

  1. (rhetoric) A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.
    • Avoid all equivocal expressions, usually denominated double entendre; they are certain proofs of a mean and indelicate mind.1812, A treatise on politeness, tr. from the French by a lady, page 172

Forms of double entente

pluraldouble ententes

Questions about double entente

What is double entente the alternative form of?
Double entente is the alternative form of double entendre.

Words near double entente in the dictionary

  1. double emulsion
  2. double emulsions
  3. double English
  4. double entendre
  5. double entendres
  6. double entente
  7. double ententes
  8. double envelopment
  9. double envelopments
  10. double equals
  11. double Es

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