chicaner

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (transitive) to get (someone) into an argument
  2. (reciprocal, reflexive) to quibble, squabble (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)

Vertalings

haarkloven

muggeziften

het lastig maken

carp at

Kleinigkeiten tadeln

cavillari

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ʃi.ka.ne/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Inherited from Middle French chicaner, from Middle Low German schicken, from Old Saxon *skikkian, from Proto-West Germanic *skikkijan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skikkijaną (“to order, arrange”), the selfsame origin of modern French chic.

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