pleasantries in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for pleasantries in the English»French Dictionary

I.pleasantry [Brit ˈplɛz(ə)ntri, Am ˈplɛzntri] N (joke)

pleasantry form

plaisanterie f

II.pleasantries N

pleasantries npl (polite remarks):

pleasantries

civilités fpl

to exchange pleasantries

bavarder aimablement

Translations for pleasantries in the French»English Dictionary

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se dire des amabilités lit

to exchange pleasantries

après cet échange d'amabilités lit

after this exchange of pleasantries

échanger ou se faire des politesses

to exchange pleasantries

pleasantries in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pleasantries in the English»French Dictionary

pleasantry <-tries> [ˈplezəntri] N

pleasantry

plaisanterie f

polite pleasantries

amabilités fpl

pleasantries Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

polite pleasantries

amabilités fpl

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Most people can only talk pleasantries with the justices, who all develop a froideur an air of aloofness.

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Brash, aggressive, charmless and frequently menacing, he evinced little to none of the pleasantries such occasions usually engender.

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There's very little messing around: no joking, chitchat or pleasantries.

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Her guiltless brand of selfish hedonism burns through the sluggish pleasantries of staff-room life like caustic soda in a blocked drain.

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