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Translate facetious from English to French

Summary

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facetious:
- badin; d'un ton railleur
Wiktionary:
- facetious → facétieux
- facetious → drôle, badin, plaisant, marrant

English

Detailed Translations for facetious from English to French

facetious:

facetious adj

facetious
badin; d'un ton railleur
- badin adj
- d'un ton railleur adj

Translation Matrix for facetious:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	bantering; tongue-in-cheek
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
badin	facetious	carefree; careless; easy; light-hearted; light-spirited; lighthearted; unconcerned
d'un ton railleur	facetious

Related Words for "facetious":

facetiousness, facetiously

Synonyms for "facetious":

bantering; tongue-in-cheek; humorous; humourous

Related Definitions for "facetious":

cleverly amusing in tone¹
- facetious remarks¹

Wiktionary Translations for facetious:

facetious

adjective

flippant
- facetious → facétieux

facetious

adjective

Qui tenir de la facétie, de la plaisanterie.
- facétieux → facetious

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• facetious	→ drôle	↔ drollig — süß, niedlich
• facetious	→ badin; plaisant	↔ scherzhaft — in der Art eines Scherzes, wie ein Scherz
• facetious	→ drôle; marrant	↔ witzig — die Eigenschaft besitzend andere zum Lachen zu bringen, spaßig, komisch

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