noun, feminine/a.ly.zjɔ̃/plural: allusions
allusion is feminine in French.
allusion, innuendo
“En parlant ainsi, il faisait allusion aux mœurs de son temps.” — In speaking thus, he was making an allusion to the mores of his time.
Related: faire allusion
Borrowed from Latin allūsiōnem (“frolicking”), from allūdō (“to frolic”).