calembour

kâlémbôr

Definitions

1. noun

A type of wordplay or pun, particularly in French, that involves wordplay with homophones or words with the same spelling but different meanings.

“The comedian’s use of calembour had the audience in stitches as he cleverly made jokes about words that sounded the same but had different meanings.”

Synonyms

  • pun
  • wordplay

Antonyms

  • directness
  • literality