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equivoque

/ˈɛkwɪvəʊk/

equivoque adjective: equivocal.

Adjective

equivoque (comparative more equivoque, superlative most equivoque)

  1. (obsolete) Equivocal.

Noun

equivoque (plural equivoques)

  1. (obsolete) A homonym.
  2. A play on words, a pun.
    • [H]e sported in many other æquivoques of the same nature; and at dinner told the physician, that he was like the root of the tongue, as being cursedly down in the mouth.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
  3. Ambiguity or double meaning.
    • [T]he black wisps of women bargaining behind those veils might turn out to be the ballet and coalesce in some dance gaily admitting their equivoque of concealing and proclaiming their sex.1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 648

equivoque meaning in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada

equivoque in Tamil

ஐய தெளிவிலா இயல்பு

equivoque in Telugu

equivoque
వక్రోక్తి vakrōkti

equivoque in Kannada

ಶ್ಲೇಷೋಕ್ತಿ, ದ್ವಂದ್ವಾರ್ಥದ ಮಾತು, ಸಂದಿಗ್ಧತೆ, ಅಸ್ಪಷ್ಟಾರ್ಥತೆ

Forms of equivoque

Adjective
comparativemore equivoque
superlativemost equivoque
alternative form (archaic)equivoke
Noun
pluralequivoques

Origin of equivoque

From Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”), from Latin aequus (“equal”) + vocō (“call”).

Questions about equivoque

What does equivoque mean?
Equivoque means equivocal.
What is equivoque in Tamil?
Equivoque in Tamil is ஐய தெளிவிலா இயல்பு. See Equivoque meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is equivoque?
Equivoque can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce equivoque?
Equivoque is pronounced /ˈɛkwɪvəʊk/.

Words near equivoque in the dictionary

  1. equivolumes
  2. equivolumetric
  3. equivolumic
  4. equivoluminal
  5. equivoluminally
  6. equivoque
  7. equivoques
  8. equivorous
  9. equivote
  10. equivs.
  11. equoid

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: equivoque (page history and authors); equivoque (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); వక్రోక్తి (Telugu) (page history and authors); equivoque (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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