jeu de mots

American  

[zhœd^uh moh] / ʒœdə ˈmoʊ /

noun

French.

• jeux de mots
  plural

1. a pun.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• jeux de mots
  plural

Etymology

Origin of jeu de mots

Literally, “play of words”

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

jeu de mots

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

From Peveril of the Peak by Sir Walter Scott

"Come, come, you little humbug, take off that gigantic sacque, and sit down here; upun my word I won't make any more of those nasty jeu de mots."

From Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense by [pseud.] Vera

Now and again he chuckled as some jeu de mots hit the mark and drew a quick gust of laughter from the unseen audience.

From The Head of Kay's by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

Whence the following jeu de mots: "Le mur, murant Paris, rend Paris murmurout."

From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Francis W. Blagdon

My first impression, on ascertaining this result, was one of horror at the treasonable "jeu de mots" I had so unwittingly perpetrated.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various