badinage

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French badinage, from the verb badiner (“jest, joke”) from badin (“playful”), from Occitan badar (“gape”). Distantly related to abash. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌbæd.ɪˈnɑːʒ/, /ˌbæd.ɪˈnɑːdʒ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌbɑd.ɪˈnɑʒ/ Rhymes: -ɑːʒ, -ɑːdʒ Hyphenation: bad‧i‧nage === Noun === badinage (countable and uncountable, plural badinages) Playful raillery; banter. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === badinage (third-person singular simple present badinages, present participle badinaging, simple past and past participle badinaged) To engage in badinage or playful banter. ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From badin +‎ -age. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.di.naʒ/ === Noun === badinage m (plural badinages) joke; gag; wind-up (figuratively) a trivial, simple task === Further reading === “badinage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012