quibble in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for quibble in the English»French Dictionary

I.quibble [Brit ˈkwɪb(ə)l, Am ˈkwɪbəl] N

quibble

chicane f (about, over sur)

II.quibble [Brit ˈkwɪb(ə)l, Am ˈkwɪbəl] VB intr

quibble

chicaner (about, over sur)

Translations for quibble in the French»English Dictionary

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chinoiser

to quibble (sur about ou over)

discutailler

to quibble (sur over)

on ne va pas discutailler là-dessus

we're not going to quibble over that

ergoter

to split hairs, to quibble (sur, à propos de about)

pinailler

to split hairs, to quibble (sur about)

argutie

quibble

chipoter

to quibble (sur over)

quibble in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for quibble in the English»French Dictionary

I.quibble [ˈkwɪbl] N

quibble

chicane f

II.quibble [ˈkwɪbl] VB intr

quibble

chicaner

Translations for quibble in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

ergoter sur qc

to quibble about sth

pinailler sur qc

to quibble over sth

chipoter sur qc

to quibble about sth

chicaner qn sur qc

to quibble with sb over sth

quibble Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to quibble with sb over sth

chicaner qn sur qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

At the outset he was of the opinion that the question turned on a quibble of words.

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The commandants and their respective staffs had been quibbling most of the day, having only reached one minor agreement.

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Quibbles centered on equipment failures, numbers of conductors per train, and who takes responsibility when trains are late.

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I don't want to quibble over words, too much.

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But that's a small quibble about a movie that gets so much right.

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He doesn't quibble about the infrastructure spending but suggests the province is skimming far too much profit.

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One can quibble about what it actually is.

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Probably the wrong lesson, but why quibble?

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This is not to say, however, that there is not room for quibbling...

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If there is a quibble, it's that the music tends to distract, not enhance, the effect.

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