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English translation: playful

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French term or phrase:	facétieuse
English translation:	playful
Entered by:	Gayle Wallimann

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10:09 Jun 7, 2009

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Art/Literary - Music

French term or phrase: facétieuse

It is an sentence taken from a music press review. The whole sentence reads as follows : " La musique devient enjouée et facétieuse sur les morceaux les plus enlevés, qui se permettent quelques clins d'oeil du côté de la bossa nova ou du ragtime"

Ega KudoZ activity Questions: 190 (5 open) Answers: 0
Local time: 15:05

playful

Explanation:
Another possibility.

Selected response from:

Gayle Wallimann
Local time: 15:05

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Summary of answers provided

3 +2

playful

Gayle Wallimann

3 +1

mischievous

David Vaughn

facetious

Henkinet

joyful/ jocular

Gert Sass (M.A.)

cheeky/quirky

Catherine Gilsenan

skittish

polyglot45

Answers

26 mins confidence:

skittish

Explanation:
light-hearted
impish

polyglot45
Native speaker of:

English,

French

26 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

mischievous

Explanation:
light-hearted

David Vaughn
Local time: 15:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 172

52 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

playful

Explanation:
Another possibility.

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Gayle Wallimann
Local time: 15:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

Grading comment

thank you for the help!

1 hr confidence:

cheeky/quirky

Explanation:
-

Catherine Gilsenan
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:05
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

3 days12 hrs confidence:

joyful/ jocular

Explanation:
as an addition to playful (enjouée), which is mentioned before

Gert Sass (M.A.)
Local time: 15:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 8

845 days confidence:

facetious

Explanation:
someone "facétieux" has a strong temper, it is a person of a complex nature and moody, it may mean that this music is experimental, complex and goes up and down.

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facétieux is normally an adjective used to describe a person in French, so I think the same could be done for music, because the description of this music has been personified.

Henkinet
Local time: 15:05
Native speaker of:

French,

English

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Jun 12, 2009 - Changes made by Gayle Wallimann:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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