dou·ble-en·ten·dre  (dŭb'əl-än-tän'drə, dōō-bläɴ-täɴ'drə)  n.
[Obsolete French : double, double + entendre, to mean, interpretation.] |
A word or expression that has two different meanings (in French, double-entendre means “double meaning”), one of which is often bawdy or indelicate. A double-entendre is found in this sentence: “A nudist camp is simply a place where men and women meet to air their differences.”