calembour

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French calembour.

Noun

calembour (plural calembours)

A pun.

French

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly influenced by bourde (“blunder”).

Noun

calembour m (plural calembours)

pun (joke or type of wordplay)

Synonyms

(wordplay): jeu de mots

Descendants

English: calembour
Polish: kalambur
Romanian: calambur
Russian: каламбур (kalambur)
Spanish: calambur

Further reading

“calembour” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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