banter

plaisanteries, taquineries

Conversation amicale où l’on plaisante et se taquine gentiment.

En anglais simple : Friendly conversation in which people joke with or gently make fun of each other.

• We enjoyed some friendly banter.
• Their playful banter made everyone laugh.
• There was plenty of banter between the two old friends.

Synonymes : teasing, joking

Expressions courantes : friendly banter, playful banter, exchange banter, witty banter

plaisanter

Discuter amicalement en échangeant des plaisanteries et en se taquinant gentiment.

En anglais simple : To talk with someone in a friendly way, making jokes and gently teasing each other.

• The friends bantered happily.
• He was bantering with the waiter.
• We bantered about our football teams all evening.

Comment l'utiliser : banter with someone (She bantered with her colleagues during lunch.); banter about something (We bantered about our terrible cooking.)

Synonymes : joke, chat playfully

Expressions courantes : banter with someone, banter about something, banter back and forth

taquiner

Se moquer gentiment de quelqu’un, de façon amicale.

En anglais simple : To make fun of someone in a gentle, friendly way.

• She bantered him gently.
• His friends bantered him about his new haircut.
• They bantered each other without causing any hurt feelings.

Comment l'utiliser : banter someone about something (They bantered him about his enormous hat.)

Synonymes : tease, kid

Expressions courantes : banter someone gently, banter someone about something