Definition
A pun or wordplay; a humorous play on words based on similar-sounding or double-meaning terms.
Etymology
From French 'calembour' or 'calambour,' possibly derived from Kaliber, a town, or from a humorous corruption of 'calembredaine' meaning 'nonsense.' The word refers to linguistic jokes.
Kelly Says
Calambour is the fancy linguistic term for what we now call 'puns'—the fact that English borrowed this French word shows how important wordplay was to European intellectual culture, and puns were once considered sophisticated humor rather than groaned-at jokes.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ቃላት አሳይ
qala-at a-say
BNবাংলা
ক্যালেমবর
ka-lem-bor
CACatalà
calembur
ka-lem-bur
CSČeština
kalambur
ka-lam-bur
DADansk
ordspil
ord-spiel
DEDeutsch
Wortspiel
vors-spiel
ELΕλληνικά
καλαμπούρι
ka-la-mpo-ri
ESEspañol
juego de palabras
ha-yo de pa-la-bras
FISuomi
sanaleikki
sa-na-lei-kki
FRFrançais
calembour
ka-lem-bur
GUGU
શબ્દ-મજા
shabd-ma-ja
HIहिन्दी
शब्द-खेल
shabd-khel
HUMagyar
szóvicc
szo-vits
IDBahasa Indonesia
kalem
ka-lem
ITItaliano
calembour
ka-lem-bur
KKKK
сөз ойыны
soz oy-y-ny
MSBahasa Melayu
kalambur
ka-lam-bur
MYမြန်မာ
စကားပြော
ska-ba-pyao
NLNederlands
woordgrap
woord-grap
NONorsk
ordspill
ord-spill
PLPolski
kalambur
ka-lam-bur
PTPortuguês
calembour
ka-lem-bur
RORomână
calambur
ka-lam-bur
RUРусский
игра слов
igra slo-v
SWKiswahili
kicheko
ki-che-ko
TAதமிழ்
சொல் விளையாட்டு
sol-vi-lai-yattu
TEతెలుగు
పదాల వ్యంగ్యం
pada-alu-vyam-gyam
TRTürkçe
kalem oyunu
ka-lem o-yu-nu
UKУкраїнська
каламбур
ka-lam-bur
URاردو
کلم بوری
kalam-bo-ree
VITiếng Việt
trò chơi chữ
tro choi chu
ZUZU
isibongo
ee-si-bon-go