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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfaceto
Pronunciation / Transliteration: fa-ce-to
"Ele fez um comentário faceto que irritou a todos."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
1 sense- 1
Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.
"She made a facetious comment during the solemn briefing."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from French facétieux, from facétie (jest, joke), from Latin facetia (witty remark), from facetus (witty, elegant).
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Facetious" is said worldwide
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facétieux
Transliteration: fa-sé-tieu
"Il a fait une remarque facétieuse."
spaßhaft
Transliteration: spass-haft
"Das war nur eine spaßhaft gemeinte Bemerkung."
facetto
Transliteration: fa-cet-to
"Ha fatto un commento facetto sulla situazione."
faccioso
Transliteration: fac-cio-so
"Hizo un comentario faccioso en un momento inapropiado."
faceto
Transliteration: fa-ce-to
"Ele fez um comentário faceto que irritou a todos."
मज़ाकिया
Transliteration: mazaakiya
"उसने गंभीर स्थिति में एक मज़ाकिया टिप्पणी की।"
滑稽的
Transliteration: huá jī de
"他在严肃的会议上开了个滑稽的玩笑。"
까부는
Transliteration: kkabuneun
"그는 진지한 상황에서 까부는 소리를 했다."
不真面目な
Transliteration: fujimeimena
"彼は深刻な場面で不真面目な冗談を言った。"
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