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Translate faultfinding from English to French

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fault-finding:
- chicaneur; ergoteur; chicanier
- chicane; ergoterie

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Detailed Translations for faultfinding from English to French

faultfinding:

Translation Matrix for faultfinding:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	carping
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	captious

Synonyms for "faultfinding":

judgmental
captious; critical
carping; criticism; unfavorable judgment

Related Definitions for "faultfinding":

tending to find and call attention to faults¹
- an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor¹
tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions¹
- a counselor tries not to be faultfinding¹
persistent petty and unjustified criticism¹

fault-finding:

fault-finding adj

fault-finding (nitpicking; captious; carping)
chicaneur; ergoteur; chicanier
- chicaneur adj
- ergoteur adj
- chicanier adj
fault-finding (nitpicking; carping)
chicanier
- chicanier adj

fault-finding [the ~] noun

the fault-finding (cavilling)
la chicane; l'ergoterie
- chicane [la ~] noun
- ergoterie [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for fault-finding:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
chicane	cavilling; fault-finding	arguing; bickering; hairsplitting; niggling; nitpicking; pettifoggery; quarreling; quibble; quibbling; splitting hairs; squabbling; wrangling
chicaneur		caviler; caviller; censurer; critical person; fault finder; fault-finder; hair-splitter; meddler; nit-picker; nitpicker
chicanier		censurer; fault-finder; nitpicker
ergoterie	cavilling; fault-finding	hairsplitting; niggling; nitpicking; quibbling over words
ergoteur		censurer; critical person; fault finder; fault-finder; meddler; nit-picker; nitpicker
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
chicaneur	captious; carping; fault-finding; nitpicking
chicanier	captious; carping; fault-finding; nitpicking	captious; carping; nitpicking
ergoteur	captious; carping; fault-finding; nitpicking

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