See also: equivoqué and équivoque

English

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Etymology

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From Late Latin aequivocus (ambiguous, equivocal), from Latin aequus (equal) + vocō (call).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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equivoque (comparative more equivoque, superlative most equivoque)

  1. (obsolete) Equivocal.

Noun

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equivoque (plural equivoques)

  1. (obsolete) A homonym.
  2. A play on words, a pun.
  3. Ambiguity or double meaning.
    • 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 648:
      [T]he black wisps of women bargaining behind those veils might turn out to be the ballet and coalesce in some dance gaily admitting their equivoque of concealing and proclaiming their sex.

Portuguese

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Verb

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equivoque

  1. inflection of equivocar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Verb

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equivoque

  1. inflection of equivocar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative