entendre

double entendre

A word or phrase that can have two interpretations, one of which is usually humorous, insulting, or sexual in nature. The old man kept working double entendres into conversation, hoping to make the young ladies laugh, but instead he just made them uncomfortable.

a double entendre

a word or phrase which has two different meanings, one of which is sexual or rude His speech at the dinner was full of bad jokes and double entendres.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Alkyone	-	Greek Mythology
Paula	POW-lah (German, Finnish, Spanish, Polish, Croatian), PAWL-ə (English), POW-lə (Portuguese), PAW-oo-law (Hungarian)	German, English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish,
Yorgos	-	Greek
Olivier	o-lee-VYE (French), O-lee-veer (Dutch)	French, Dutch
Amyas	-	English (Rare)
Wolfe	WUWLF	English (Rare)