Definition of bavardage in English:
bavardage
Pronunciation /ˌbavərˈdäZH/ /ˌbævərˈdɑʒ/
noun
Idle gossip; chitchat.
‘a bore whose bavardage could easily unsettle one's reason’
- ‘Much bavardage occurs in which Celia gets the keys to Silas's car and spits in his face about his total worthlessness.’
tittle-tattle, tattle, rumour, rumours, whispers, stories, tales, canards, titbits
Origin
French, from bavarder ‘to chatter’, from bavard ‘talkative’, from bave ‘drivel’.