innuendo

English

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Alternative forms

• (archaic) inuendo

Etymology

From the Latin innuendō (“by nodding”), ablative singular form of innuendum (“a nodding”), gerund of innuō (“I give a nod”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnjuˈɛndəʊ/

Noun

innuendo (plural innuendoes or innuendos or innuendis)

1. A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication or insinuation.

   She made a devious innuendo about her husband, who was embarrassed.

2. (logic) A rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.

Translations

A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation

• Armenian: ակնարկ (hy) (aknark)
• Czech: narážka (cs) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 影射 (zh) (yǐng shè)

• Danish: hentydning c, insinuation (da) c
• Dutch: insinuatie (nl) f
• Finnish: vihjaus
• French: insinuation (fr) f, sous-entendu (fr) m
• German: Anspielung (de) f
• Hebrew: רמיזה f (remiza)

• Italian: insinuazione
• Norwegian: insinuasjon m

  Bokmål: hentydning m, f, antydning m

• Polish: insynuacja f
• Portuguese: insinuação (pt)
• Russian: намёк (ru) m (namjók)
• Serbo-Croatian: insinuacija (sh), aluzija (sh)
• Spanish: insinuación (es) f, indirecta f
• Swedish: anspelning (sv) c, allusion (sv) c
• Turkish: kinaye (tr), gönderme (tr)