pleasantry

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French plaisanterie. Surface etymology is pleasant +‎ -ry

Noun

pleasantry (countable and uncountable, plural pleasantries)

1. A casual, courteous remark.
2. A playful remark; a jest.
   • 2014, Daniel Taylor, England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard (in The Guardian, 18 November 2014)[1]

     Charlie Mulgrew could easily have been shown two yellow cards by a stricter referee and amid all the usual Anglo-Scottish pleasantries, the two sets of fans put an awful lot of effort into trying to drown out one another’s national anthems.

3. (dated) Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment.

Translations

courteous remark

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 客套的話／客套的话, 客套的话 (kètào de huà), 寒暄的話／寒暄的话, 寒暄的话 (hánxuān de huà)

• Danish: elskværdighed c
• Finnish: kohteliaisuus (fi), kehu (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
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• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: любезность (ru) f (ljubeznostʹ)

jest

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 打趣的話／打趣的话, 打趣的话 (dǎqù de huà), 閑談的話／闲谈的话, 闲谈的话 (xiántán de huà)

• Finnish: vitsailu (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
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• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: шпилька (ru) f (špilʹka)

See also

• small talk