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Translate pun from English to French

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pun:
- calembour; jeu de mots; équivoque; drôlerie; trait d'esprit
Wiktionary:
- pun → calembour, jeu de mots
- pun → jeu de mots, calembour

English

Detailed Translations for pun from English to French

pun:

pun [the ~] noun

the pun (play upon words; equivoke; word-play; double entendre; jeu de mots)
le calembour; le jeu de mots; l'équivoque
- calembour [le ~] noun
- jeu de mots [le ~] noun
- équivoque [la ~] noun
the pun (fun)
la drôlerie; le trait d'esprit
- drôlerie [la ~] noun
- trait d'esprit [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for pun:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
calembour	double entendre; equivoke; jeu de mots; play upon words; pun; word-play
drôlerie	fun; pun	amusingness; burlesqueness; comedy; drollery; farcicalness; fun; humor; humour; mischievousness; prank; trick; waggishness
jeu de mots	double entendre; equivoke; jeu de mots; play upon words; pun; word-play
trait d'esprit	fun; pun	banter; fun; gag; humor; humour; jest; joke; little present; little something; pleasantry; prank; present; quip; witticism; witty remark
équivoque	double entendre; equivoke; jeu de mots; play upon words; pun; word-play	ambiguity; ribaldry; scurviness
-	paronomasia; punning; wordplay
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	crack jokes; joke
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
équivoque		ambiguous; binary; bipartite; dimerous; double; dual; equivocal; explainable in different ways; jokes with a double meaning; polysemic; suggestive; two-jointed; twofold; uncertain

Related Words for "pun":

puns

Synonyms for "pun":

punning; wordplay; paronomasia; fun; play; sport
joke; jest

Related Definitions for "pun":

a humorous play on words¹
- I do it for the pun of it¹
make a play on words¹
- Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning¹

Wiktionary Translations for pun:

pun

noun

joke or type of wordplay
- pun → calembour; jeu de mots

pun

noun

jeu de mots fonder sur l’homonymie et la polysémie.
- calembour → pun; play on words
manipulation plaisante des mots fondée sur la ressemblance des mots.
- jeu de mots → pun; play on words

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• pun	→ jeu de mots; calembour	↔ Wortspiel — witziges Spiel mit Worten, z. B. mit deren Mehrdeutigkeit

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¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University