Synonyms for jeu de mots
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : zhœduh moh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʒœdə ˈmoʊ |
Définition of jeu de mots
- As in play on words : noun humorous ambiguous use of word or phrase
- My 'jeu de mots' became celebrated, and the marshal honoured me with a very gracious welcome.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- The audience thereupon exclaimed, "Languille crie avant qu'on l'corche;" and hence the "jeu de mots," and the proverb.
- Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 89, July 12, 1851 » by Various
- Here, as in so many other cases, difference of idiom destroys a jeu de mots.
- Extract from : « Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. » by Hermann Pckler-Muskau
- A warning to all makers of puns and jeu de mots to know their tools.
- Extract from : « Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. » by Hermann Pckler-Muskau
- It is simply a jeu de mots, and no more, though funny enough as it stands.
- Extract from : « By-ways in Book-land » by William Davenport Adams
- "And yet I have heard your Grace indulge in the jeu de mots," answered the attendant.
- Extract from : « Peveril of the Peak » by Sir Walter Scott
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