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noun, plural dou·ble en·ten·dres 
[duhb-uhl ahn-tahn-druhz, -tahndz; Fr. doo-blahn-tahn-druh] .
[duhb-uhl ahn-tahn-druhz, -tahndz; Fr. doo-blahn-tahn-druh] . 1.
a double meaning.
2.
a word or expression used in a given context so that it can be understood in two ways, especially when one meaning is risqué.
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Double entendre
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double entendre
also double-entendre, 1670s, from Fr. (where it was rare and is now obsolete), lit. "a twofold meaning," from entendre (now entente) "to hear, to understand, to mean." The proper Modern French phrase would be double entente, but the phrase has become established in English in its old form.
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