jeu de mots
noun
a pun.
jeux de mots
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pluralof jeu de mots.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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These short poems are full of puns and happy jeux de mots, and had a decided effect in frustrating the foolish plans.
From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Henry Coppee
He was cartoonist, too, in a small way, in the second, third, and fourth volumes of Punch; but his chief merit lay in his jeux de mots, for he was a good punster.
From The History of "Punch" by M. H. (Marion Harry) Spielmann
"You do not think, Monsieur Huet, that there is wit in these /jeux de mots/: perhaps you do not admire wit at all?"
From Devereux — Volume 04 by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
A modern French author says, that the French language is not capable of the jeux de mots.
From A Year's Journey through France and Part of Spain, Volume 2 by Philip Thicknesse
The author of these two jeux de mots unhappily we do not know, or we would thank him for them.
From Umbrellas and Their History by William Sangster
