English Explanatory Dictionary

triple entendre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phrase that has three meanings, especially where some meanings are innocent and literal, the other(s) risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

triple entendre triple entendres triple-entendre

Etymology

Pseudo-Gallicism. Based on double entendre.

Related words

double entendre single entendre
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