calembour
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French calembour.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkæləmˈbʊə/
Noun
[edit]calembour (plural calembours)
- A pun.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain, possibly influenced by bourde (“blunder”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]calembour m (plural calembours)
- pun (joke or type of wordplay)
- Synonym: jeu de mots
- 1972, Charles Aznavour (lyrics and music), “Comme ils disent”, in Idiote, je t'aime…:
- On déballe des vérités / Sur des gens qu’on a dans le nez / On les lapide / Mais on le fait avec humour / Enrobé dans des calembours / Mouillés d’acide
- We reveal truths / About people we have it in for / We throw stones at them / But we do it with humour / Wrapped up in puns / Dripping with acid
Descendants
[edit]- → English: calembour
- → Polish: kalambur
- → Romanian: calambur
- → Russian: каламбур (kalambur)
- → Spanish: calambur
Further reading
[edit]- “calembour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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