English

Pronunciation
IPA|/p�n/, SAMPA|/pVn/, enPR|pŭn
rhymes|�n

Noun
en-noun

1. A joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases, or different senses of the same word, are deliberately confused.

Usage notes
Note: Because some puns are based on pronunciation, puns are more obvious when spoken aloud.
This rock is gneiss, but don�t take it for granite (which reads (with a US accent) similarly to "This rock is nice, but don�t take it for granted"; "gneiss" and "granite" are both types of rock)

Translations

Danish: ordspil n
Dutch: woordspeling f
Finnish: sanaleikki
French: calembour m, jeu de mots m
German: Witz m, Kalauer m, Wortspiel n
Hungarian: szójáték
Italian: gioco di parole m
Japanese: ���, ���� (����, dajare),
Norwegian: ordspill n
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Persian: FAchar|تج��س (tajnîs)
Polish: gra s�ów f, kalambur m
Portuguese: trocadilho m
Romanian: calambur, joc de cuvinte
Russian: каламб�� (kalambúr) m, иг�а �лов (igrá slov) f
Spanish: juego de palabras m
Swedish: ordvits c
Telugu: శ�ల�ష (Slaesha)

Croatian

Etymology
From a Common Slavic poln

Adjective
pun

1. full

Category:Croatian adjectives

de:pun
es:pun
fr:pun
io:pun
id:pun
hu:pun
pl:pun
pt:pun
ru:pun
sv:pun
te:pun
vi:pun
tr:pun
vo:pun
zh:pun

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