chicaner
Meaning
- (transitive) to get (someone) into an argument
- (reciprocal, reflexive) to quibble, squabble (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
Concepts
Synonyms
se disputer
se quereller
assomer
chercher chicane
débattre de
Translations
vitten
schikanieren
cavillare
disputar
cavillariPronounced as (IPA)
/ʃi.ka.ne/
Etymology
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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