entendre

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entendre

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Extracted from double entendre, corresponding to French entendre (“to understand, to mean”); doublet of intend.

noun entendres

A meaning, especially one that is implied rather than explicitly stated. Like Lon Chaney, this mind’s mummy lives—but beneath how many wrappings of multiple entendres?

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"entendre." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/entendre. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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entendre. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/entendre

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"entendre." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/entendre.

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@misc{entendre_2026,
  title = {entendre},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/entendre},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}