double entendre

Etymology
According to Merriam-Webster and OED, from rare and obsolete French double entendre, which literally meant "double meaning" and was used in the senses of "double understanding" or "ambiguity," but acquired its current suggestive twist after being first used in English in 1673 by John Dryden. From +. (The phrase has not been used in French for centuries and would be ungrammatical in modern French.) The closest equivalent in modern French are double sens, which often has (but not always) the suggestiveness of the English expression, and sous-entendu which implies a subtext.

Noun

 * 1) A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.
 * 2) * 1812, A treatise on politeness, tr. from the French by a lady, page 172
 * Avoid all equivocal expressions, usually denominated double entendre; they are certain proofs of a mean and indelicate mind.

Translations

 * Arabic: تَوْرِيَة
 * Catalan: doble sentit
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: dvojsmysl
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: dubbele bodem
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, kétértelmű/félreérthető kifejezés
 * Italian: doppio senso
 * Japanese: ダブル・ミーニング
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, dobbelttydighet
 * Polish: dwuznacznik
 * Portuguese: duplo sentido
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: doble sentido, (Mexico and Dominican Republic)
 * Turkish: çift anlamlı, lastikli,