jeu de mots

[ zhœduh moh ]

noun

, French.

, plural jeux de mots [zh, œ, d, uh, , moh].

1. a pun.

Word History and Origins

Origin of jeu de mots¹

Literally, “play of words”

Example Sentences

It is simply a jeu de mots, and no more, though funny enough as it stands.

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"And yet I have heard your Grace indulge in the jeu de mots," answered the attendant.

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My 'jeu de mots' became celebrated, and the marshal honoured me with a very gracious welcome.

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The audience thereupon exclaimed, "Languille crie avant qu'on l'corche;" and hence the "jeu de mots," and the proverb.

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Here, as in so many other cases, difference of idiom destroys a jeu de mots.

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