🔤 Calembour

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URDU

لفظی مزاح، جملوں کا کھیل، لفظی لطیفہ، الفاظ کا مزاح
🅰️ Roman Urdu:
lafzi mazaaq, jumlon ka khel, pun, alfaaz ka mazaaq
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ENGLISH

📚noun
calembour
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PRONUNCIATION

Standard: /ˈkæləmˌbʊər/
Phonetic: kal-um-boor
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DEFINITION

A play on words; a pun that exploits different meanings or similar sounds of words.
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

The writer used calembour to amuse readers. His speech was full of clever calembour. French literature often includes calembour. The joke relied on a simple calembour. Calembour makes language playful and witty.
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SYNONYMS

pun wordplay jest quip joke

ANTONYMS

seriousness literalness plain speech gravity sobriety
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