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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French calembour.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈlam.bur/
- Rhymes: -ambur
- Syllabification: ka‧lam‧bur
Noun
kalambur m inan
- (rhetoric, linguistics) play on words, pun
- Synonyms: gra słów, (both obsolete) ekiwok, ekwiwok
- (in the plural) charades (game in which players act out words or phrases for others to guess)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- kalambur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kalambur in Polish dictionaries at PWN