pleasantry

Etymology
From, probably modelled on.

Noun

 * 1)  A casual, courteous remark.
 * 2) A playful remark; a jest.
 * 3)  Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment.
 * 1)  Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment.

Usage notes
The word originally meant a joke or witticism. It is now generally used to mean only polite conversation in general (as in the phrase "exchange of pleasantries"), which is sometimes proscribed.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 客套的話, 寒暄的話
 * Danish: elskværdighed
 * Finnish: ,
 * Georgian:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 打趣的話, 閑談的話
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian:
 * Ottoman Turkish: مزه
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: