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quibbling:
- faire le difficile; argumentation; chicane; chamailleries; querelles; disputes; histoires; chamaillerie; criailleries
quibble:
- chicane; couper les cheveux en quatre
Wiktionary:
- quibble → argutie
- quibble → chicaner, ergoter, chinoiser, chipoter, pinailler, enculer les mouches
- quibble → chamailler, ergoter

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Detailed Translations for quibbling from English to French

quibbling:

quibbling [the ~] noun

the quibbling (acting difficult; hairsplitting)
le faire le difficile
- faire le difficile [le ~] noun
the quibbling (arguing)
l'argumentation; la chicane; la chamailleries
- argumentation [la ~] noun
- chicane [la ~] noun
- chamailleries [la ~] noun
the quibbling (arguing; wrangling; quarreling; squabbling; bickering)
la querelles; la disputes; l'histoires; la chicane; la chamaillerie; la chamailleries; la criailleries
- querelles [la ~] noun
- disputes [la ~] noun
- histoires [la ~] noun
- chicane [la ~] noun
- chamaillerie [la ~] noun
- chamailleries [la ~] noun
- criailleries [la ~] noun
the quibbling (splitting hairs; arguing)
la disputes; la chicane; la chamailleries
- disputes [la ~] noun
- chicane [la ~] noun
- chamailleries [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for quibbling:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
argumentation	arguing; quibbling	argument; argumentation; elucidation; line of thought; method of reasoning; reasoning; style of argumentation; train of thought
chamaillerie	arguing; bickering; quarreling; quibbling; squabbling; wrangling	bickering; difference of opinion; dispute; quarrel; quarrelling; row; scolding; squabbling; twist; wrangling
chamailleries	arguing; bickering; quarreling; quibbling; splitting hairs; squabbling; wrangling	argy-bargy; commotion; fuss; hubble-bubble; squabbling; stir
chicane	arguing; bickering; quarreling; quibbling; splitting hairs; squabbling; wrangling	cavilling; fault-finding; hairsplitting; niggling; nitpicking; pettifoggery; quibble
criailleries	arguing; bickering; quarreling; quibbling; squabbling; wrangling	howling; howling of the wind; roar; roaring; scolding; screaming; shrieking; wrangling; yelling
disputes	arguing; bickering; quarreling; quibbling; splitting hairs; squabbling; wrangling	collisions; fights; quarrels; scolding; wrangling
faire le difficile	acting difficult; hairsplitting; quibbling
histoires	arguing; bickering; quarreling; quibbling; squabbling; wrangling	affairs; bother; business; fuss; harping on; hassle; matters; mess; moaning; nagging; scolding; trouble; whining; wrangling
querelles	arguing; bickering; quarreling; quibbling; squabbling; wrangling	argy-bargy; collisions; commotion; fights; fuss; hubble-bubble; quarrels; scolding; squabbling; stir; wrangling
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	casuistry; cavilling; pettifogging

Synonyms for "quibbling":

caviling; carping; nitpicking; pettifogging; critical

quibble:

quibble [the ~] noun

the quibble (pettifoggery)
la chicane; le couper les cheveux en quatre
- chicane [la ~] noun
- couper les cheveux en quatre [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for quibble:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
chicane	pettifoggery; quibble	arguing; bickering; cavilling; fault-finding; hairsplitting; niggling; nitpicking; quarreling; quibbling; splitting hairs; squabbling; wrangling
couper les cheveux en quatre	pettifoggery; quibble
-	cavil; quiddity
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	bicker; brabble; niggle; pettifog; squabble
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	sophism; subtlety

Related Words for "quibble":

quibbles

Synonyms for "quibble":

quiddity; cavil; evasion; equivocation
hedge; fudge; evade; put off; circumvent; parry; elude; skirt; dodge; duck; sidestep
niggle; pettifog; bicker; squabble; brabble; argue; contend; debate; fence

Related Definitions for "quibble":

an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections¹
argue over petty things¹
- Let's not quibble over pennies¹
evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections¹

Wiktionary Translations for quibble:

quibble

noun

a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
- quibble → argutie

verb

to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
- quibble → chicaner; ergoter; chinoiser; chipoter; pinailler

quibble

verb

user de chicane.
- chicaner → carp at; haze; quibble; cavil
(vulgaire) (figuré) Se perdre en arguties pour des vétilles, chicaner, se montrer tatillon.
- enculer les mouches → nit-pick; quibble; split hairs
zoologie|fr utiliser ses ergots, parler d'un coq.
- ergoter → quibble; cavil; carp

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• quibble	→ chamailler	↔ kibbelen — woordenstrijd hebben
• quibble	→ ergoter	↔ kritteln — in kleinlicher Weise kritisieren

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quibbling:

quibbling [the ~] noun

the quibbling (acting difficult; hairsplitting)

the quibbling (arguing)

the quibbling (arguing; wrangling; quarreling; squabbling; bickering)

the quibbling (splitting hairs; arguing)

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quibble:

quibble [the ~] noun

the quibble (pettifoggery)

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