jeu de mots
[ zhœduh-moh ]
noun,plural jeux de mots [zhœduh-moh]. /ʒœdəˈmoʊ/. French.
a pun.
Origin of jeu de mots
1Literally, “play of words”
Words Nearby jeu de mots
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How to use jeu de mots in a sentence
It is simply a jeu de mots, and no more, though funny enough as it stands.
By-ways in Book-land | William Davenport Adams"And yet I have heard your Grace indulge in the jeu de mots," answered the attendant.
Peveril of the Peak | Sir Walter ScottMy 'jeu de mots' became celebrated, and the marshal honoured me with a very gracious welcome.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete | Jacques Casanova de SeingaltThe audience thereupon exclaimed, "Languille crie avant qu'on l'corche;" and hence the "jeu de mots," and the proverb.
Here, as in so many other cases, difference of idiom destroys a jeu de mots.
Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. | Hermann Pckler-Muskau
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