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entendres

entendres is the plural of entendre.

Meaning of entendre

Noun

entendre (plural entendres)

  1. A meaning, especially one that is implied rather than explicitly stated.
    • Like Lon Chaney, this mind’s mummy lives—but beneath how many wrappings of multiple entendres?1970, Eugene Wildman, Montezuma’s Ball, Chicago, Ill.: The Swallow Press Inc., →LCCN, page 82

Phrases with entendres

Questions about entendres

What is entendres the plural of?
Entendres is the plural of entendre.

Words near entendres in the dictionary

  1. entendered
  2. entendering
  3. entenders
  4. entending
  5. entendre
  6. entendres
  7. entends
  8. Entenmann
  9. entent
  10. entente
  11. entente cordiale

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Adapted from Wiktionary: entendres (page history and authors); entendre (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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