different between raillery vs persiflage

English

Etymology

From French raillerie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?l??i/

Noun

raillery (countable and uncountable, plural railleries)

1. Good-natured ridicule, jest or banter.
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, chapter XVIII:

     Excitement instantly seized the whole party: a running fire of raillery and jests was proceeding when Sam returned.

English

Etymology

From French persiflage, from persifler (“to quiz, tease, mock”), from per- + siffler (“to whistle”), from Latin s?bil? (“whistle”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??.s?.fl???/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??.s?.fl???/

Noun

persiflage (countable and uncountable, plural persiflages)

1. Good-natured banter; raillery.

   After the third strike he returned to the bench to face the inevitable persiflage from his teammates.

2. Frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a topic.

   Polite dinner calls for persiflage rather than in-depth possibly offensive discussion.

Synonyms

• (good-natured banter): banter, raillery

Translations

Anagrams

• pilferages

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French persiflage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?r.si?fla?.??/
• Hyphenation: per?si?fla?ge
• Rhymes: -a???

Noun

persiflage m (plural persiflages)

1. Lighthearted caricature or mockery, as in a comedy sketch.
2. (archaic) Ridiculing mispresenting or misconstruing.

French

Alternative forms

• persifflage (1990 spelling)

Etymology

persifler +? -age

Noun

persiflage m (plural persiflages)

1. Ridicule or malicious mockery made under the guise of good-natured raillery.

Descendants

• ? Dutch: persiflage
• ? English: persiflage
• ? German: Persiflage
• ? Polish: persyfla?

Further reading

• “persiflage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).