banter

WOTD – 8 February 2007    

English

Etymology

The origin is unknown.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈbæntə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈbæntɚ/

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• Rhymes: -æntə(ɹ)

Noun

banter (uncountable)

1. Good humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.

   It seemed like I'd have to listen to her playful banter for hours.

Translations

good humoured conversation

• Bulgarian: закачка (bg) (zakačka), задявка (bg) (zadjavka)
• Dutch: geplaag (nl) ,scherts (nl) ,badinage (nl)
• Finnish: pilailu (fi)
• French: plaisanterie (fr) f ,badinage (fr) m
• German: Gealbere n (colloquial), Wortgeplänkel n, Geplänkel (de) n
• Icelandic: stríðni f

• Polish: przekomarzanie się
• Portuguese: caçoada (pt) f, brincadeira (pt) f
• Russian: шутливая беседа f
• Scots: craic
• Swedish: smågnabb, snack (colloquial), småprat

Verb

banter (third-person singular simple present banters, present participle bantering, simple past and past participle bantered)

1. (intransitive) To engage in banter or playful conversation.
2. (intransitive) To play or do something amusing.
3. (transitive) To tease mildly.

Translations

to engage in banter

• Bulgarian: задявам се (bg) (zadjavam se)
• Dutch: schertsen (nl)
• Finnish: pilailla (fi)

• French: badiner (fr)
• German: albern (de)
• Polish: przekomarzać się (pl)

to play or do something amusing

to tease mildly

• Bulgarian: закачам се (bg) (zakačam se), шегувам се (bg) (šeguvam se)
• Dutch: plagen (nl)
• Finnish: kiusoitella (fi)
• French: taquiner (fr)

• German: necken, verulken
• Icelandic: stríða (is)
• Polish: przekomarzać się (pl)
• Portuguese: caçoar (pt), bulir (pt)

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