entendre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A meaning, especially one that is implied rather than explicitly stated.

Word forms

entendre entendres

Etymology

Extracted from double entendre, corresponding to French entendre (“to understand, to mean”); doublet of intend.

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