Pronunciation: ' düb- ə l-ä n - ' tä n d(-r ə ); ' d ə -b ə l-än- ' tänd(-r ə )
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural double entendres \ same also - ' tä n z; - ' tän-dr ə z \
Etymology: obsolete F, literally, double meaning
Date: 1673
1 : ambiguity of meaning arising from language that lends itself to more than one interpretation
2 : a word or expression capable of two interpretations with one usually risqué