chicaneur
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French chicaneur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌʃi.kaːˈnøːr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: chi‧ca‧neur
- Rhymes: -øːr
Noun
chicaneur m (plural chicaneurs)
- A quibbler, a chicaner, a nitpicker. [from mid 17th c.]
French
Etymology
From chicaner + -eur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃi.ka.nœʁ/
Audio (file)
Noun
chicaneur m (plural chicaneurs, feminine chicaneuse)
- quibbler, pettifogger
Descendants
- → Dutch: chicaneur
Adjective
chicaneur (feminine chicaneuse, masculine plural chicaneurs, feminine plural chicaneuses)
- quibbling, pettifogging
Further reading
- “chicaneur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.