quolibet

L'oratrice a continué malgré les quolibets du public.
The speaker continued despite the audience's taunts.
Ses collègues lui lançaient des quolibets sur son accent.
His colleagues threw jeers at him about his accent.
Elle a cessé de rire lorsqu'elle a vu que leurs quolibets le blessaient.
She stopped laughing when she saw that their taunts hurt him.
Le candidat a essuyé un quolibet dès son arrivée.
The candidate faced a taunt as soon as he arrived.
Les quolibets ont fusé dans la salle après cette réponse.
Jeers erupted in the room after that answer.

Similar words

raillerie

pique

vanne

moquerie

sarcasme

L'oratrice a continué malgré les quolibets du public.
The speaker continued despite the audience's taunts.
Ses collègues lui lançaient des quolibets sur son accent.
His colleagues threw jeers at him about his accent.
Le candidat a essuyé un quolibet dès son arrivée.
The candidate faced a taunt as soon as he arrived.
Elle a cessé de rire lorsqu'elle a vu que leurs quolibets le blessaient.
She stopped laughing when she saw that their taunts hurt him.
Les quolibets ont fusé dans la salle après cette réponse.
Jeers erupted in the room after that answer.

raillerie

moquerie

sarcasme

pique

vanne

From scholastic Latin disputationes de quolibet, debates on any topic, later associated with ready jokes and mocking remarks.

What is a quolibet?

A mocking remark directed at someone.

Is quolibet masculine?

Yes: un quolibet.

Is it usually friendly?

No, it often carries ridicule or malice.

Can it be plural?

Yes: des quolibets.

Is quolibet common in casual speech?

It is more literary than everyday moquerie or vanne.

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