badinage

n.
Light, playful banter.

[French, from badin, joker, from Provençal badar, to gape, from Latin *batāre.]

(bad-NAHZH, BAD-nahzh)

noun
Light, playful remarks; banter.

Etymology
From French badinage, from badiner (to banter)

Usage
"The black belt in invective was conspicuously won, however, in his exchange with (the Pulitzer Prizewinner) William Kennedy, whose initial letter of rejection is greeted with a promise to 'jam a bronze plaque far into your small intestine'. Their splenetic badinage is one of the brightest threads in this book." — David Profumo; A Good Life; The Daily Telegraph (London, UK); Oct 18, 1997.

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noun

Good-natured teasing: banter, chaff, raillery, taunt. Informal ribbing. See laughter.

a playful repartee; banter

Dansk (Danish)
n. - skæmt, spøgefuldt drilleri

Nederlands (Dutch)
scherts, spot

Français (French)
n. - badinage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Scherz

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φιλική ανταλλαγή πειραγμάτων, αστεϊσμοί

Italiano (Italian)
burla

Português (Portuguese)
n. - brincadeira (f), gracejo (m)

Русский (Russian)
поддразнивание, заигрывание

Español (Spanish)
n. - bromas, chanzas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gyckel, raljeri

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
开玩笑, 揶揄

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 開玩笑, 揶揄

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 야유

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 冗談
v. - からかう

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) هزل, مزاح, مباسطه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮לגלוג, היתול‬

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