Summary

to quibble {verb}
chicaner · ratiociner

Synonyms

Usage examples

... really is quibbling....
... they quibbling about the total ...
... has come to stop quibbling about lawyer con...

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English-French translation for "quibbling"

"quibbling" French translation

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quibbling {noun}

quibbling {noun} [law] (also: pettifogging)

procédurier {m} [law]

quibble {noun}

quibble {noun}

argutie {f} [rare]

to quibble {verb}

to quibble [quibbled|quibbled] {vb} (also: to haggle, to haze, to carp at)

chicaner [chicanant|chicané] {vb}

quibbling (Present participle)

chicanant (Participe présent)

to quibble [quibbled|quibbled] {vb}

ratiociner [ratiocinant|ratiociné] {vb} [rare]

quibbling (Present participle)

ratiocinant (Participe présent)

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Usage examples

Usage examples for "quibbling" in French

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That really is quibbling.

C'est vraiment du chipotage.

Are they quibbling about the total horror of this?

Ils ergotent sur l'horreur absolue?

The time has come to stop quibbling about lawyer confidentiality.

Le moment est venu d'arrêter d'ergoter sur la confidentialité juridique.

The issue here is not legalistic quibbling but the future of the enlarged Union.

Il ne s'agit pas ici de manies juridiques, mais de l'avenir de l'Union élargie.

I am not quibbling with that; it is at least one good thing that may be happening.

Permettez-moi néanmoins de répéter ma réponse initiale.

Now, I am not quibbling over the two days ' delay, but I do have a few comments to make.

Je n'ergoterai pas sur ces deux jours de retard, mais j'ai plusieurs remarques à formuler.

It was time to stop legalistic quibbling and face up to reality.

Il est temps de mettre un terme aux arguties juridiques et de regarder la réalité en face.

Furthermore, we must not oppose this new deal on transport in 2010 with financial quibbling.

Par ailleurs, il faut s'abstenir d'opposer à ce new deal des transports de 2010 des arguties financières.

Twenty-seven years later, when the cold war has ended, we will not profit by quibbling on this postulate.

Vingt-sept ans plus tard, alors que la guerre froide est finie, nous ne gagnerons rien à ergoter sur ce postulat.

The enmity and quibbling of Castro and his associates do not worry him; Paya sees the growing popularity of his initiative as more important.

Mais cela se passe dans la partie de l’ île occupée par les États-Unis: dans la base de Guantanamo.

Once again, hidden behind the great plans and fine speeches lie quibbling, horse-trading, undeclared aims and financial designs.

Encore une fois, derrière les grands desseins et les beaux discours se cachent les ergotages et les tractations, les buts inavoués et les appétits financiers.

Concern was expressed recently by a young Sea King aviator who tried to put quibbling over the semantics of "safe" and "unsafe" into perspective.

Un jeune pilote de Sea King a récemment manifesté son inquiétude en essayant de mettre en contexte la querelle au sujet du sens des termes «sûr» et «dangereux».

Over and above the legal quibbling on all sides, the Biarritz Summit has confirmed that the process of European enlargement is a matter of laborious haggling.

Derrière les arguties juridiques des uns et des autres, le sommet de Biarritz a confirmé que le processus d'élargissement de l'Europe consiste en un laborieux marchandage.

Similar words

questioning · questioningly · questionnaire · questions · quetzal · queue · queue-jumping · quibble · quibbler · quibbles · quibbling · quiche · quick · quick-frozen · quick-tempered · quicker · quickie · quicklime · quickly · quickness · quicksand

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