quibbling in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for quibbling in the English»French Dictionary

I.quibbling [Brit ˈkwɪblɪŋ, Am ˈkwɪblɪŋ] N

quibbling

chicanerie f

II.quibbling [Brit ˈkwɪblɪŋ, Am ˈkwɪblɪŋ] ADJ

quibbling

chicanier/-ière

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 quibbling in the French»English Dictionary

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chipoterie

quibbling

ergotage

hair-splitting, quibbling

pinaillage

hairsplitting, quibbling

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)

chicane (procédure) pej

legal quibbling pej

quibbling in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for quibbling in the English»French Dictionary

I.quibbling [ˈkwɪblɪŋ] N no pl

quibbling

chicaneries fpl

II.quibbling [ˈkwɪblɪŋ] ADJ

quibbling

chicanier(-ère)

I.quibble [ˈkwɪbl] N

quibble

chicane f

II.quibble [ˈkwɪbl] VB intr

quibble

chicaner

Translations for quibbling 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

quibbling 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

But he held such disputes to be specious quibbling over words, and thus at the beginning he avoided taking sides.

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There are too many strong points to waste time quibbling.

blogs.crikey.com.au

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

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But there is quibbling even with how to determine median prices.

www.theprovince.com

If properly construed, they destroy legal quibbling.

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Using direct language, lists and emphatic body language, she implicitly dismissed their policy exchanges as quibbling.

www.bloomberg.com

This was the first time in 28 years they claimed the crown and by the end there were few quibbling about the final result.

www.meathchronicle.ie

Well, there's plenty of room for quibbling about what constitutes a tax payment vs. a federal benefit.

www.slate.com

Quibbling, technical sorts will point out that the image is actually of a duckling.

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While the open government initiative garnered initial public support (with some quibbling over an unnecessarily restrictive licence), seven months later the initiative is gathering dust.

thetyee.ca