persiflage
English
/ˈpɜː.sɪ.flɑːʒ/, /ˈpɝː.sɪ.flɑːʒ/
noun
Definitions
- Good-natured banter; raillery.
- Frivolous, lighthearted discussion of a topic.
Etymology
Borrowed from French persiflage derived from Latin sībilō (whistle, hiss, I whistle).
Origin
Latin
sībilō
Gloss
whistle, hiss, I whistle
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- persiflageous English
- *sūbilō Latin
- assibilo Latin
- sibilatrix Latin
- sībilō Latin
- Persiflage German
- persiflage Dutch, Flemish
- persiflage French
- persifler French
- persyflaż Polish
- sibilar Interlingua