Summary
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- nitpicking:
- nitpick:
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Wiktionary:
- nit-picking → enculage de mouches
- nitpicking → ergotage, chicane, pinaillage, pinaillerie
- nitpicking → pinaillage, chipotage, ergotage
- nitpick → chicaner, chipoter, chercher la petite bête, pinailler, mégoter, mégotter
English
Detailed Translations for nit-picking from English to French
nitpicking:
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the nitpicking (hairsplitting)
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the nitpicking (niggling; hairsplitting)
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nitpicking (carping; fault-finding)
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nitpicking (captious; fault-finding; carping)
Translation Matrix for nitpicking:
| Noun | Related Translations | Other Translations |
| chicane | hairsplitting; niggling; nitpicking | arguing; bickering; cavilling; fault-finding; 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 | hairsplitting; niggling; nitpicking | cavilling; fault-finding; hairsplitting; quibbling over words |
| ergoteur | censurer; critical person; fault finder; fault-finder; meddler; nit-picker; nitpicker | |
| Other | Related Translations | Other Translations |
| - | finicky | |
| Modifier | Related Translations | Other Translations |
| chicaneur | captious; carping; fault-finding; nitpicking | |
| chicanier | captious; carping; fault-finding; nitpicking | |
| ergoteur | captious; carping; fault-finding; nitpicking |
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Wiktionary Translations for nitpicking:
nitpicking
Cross Translation:
noun
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any process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors
- nitpicking → ergotage; chicane; pinaillage; pinaillerie
Cross Translation:
| From | To | Via |
|---|---|---|
| • nitpicking | → pinaillage; chipotage; ergotage | ↔ Korinthenkackerei — (umgangssprachlich) mitteldeutsch, norddeutsch: ein anderer Ausdruck für Pedanterie, Kleinlichkeit, Perfektionismus und gleichzeitig auch Rechthaberei, Altklugheit, Haarspalterei, Besserwisserei und aber eine Mischung aus diesen Erscheinungen |
nit-picking form of nitpick:
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nitpick (carp; cavil; find fault; find fault with)
Translation Matrix for nitpick:
| Verb | Related Translations | Other Translations |
| pinailler | carp; cavil; find fault; find fault with; nitpick | carp; cavil |
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Wiktionary Translations for nitpick:
nitpick
verb
nitpick
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to correct minutiae or find fault
- nitpick → chicaner; chipoter; chercher la petite bête; pinailler
verb
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(familier, fr) (figuré) Regarder trop aux détails, ergoter.
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Faire des difficultés pour des riens
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négocier sur des détails inutiles (des mégots, métaphoriquement parlant), vouloir économiser mesquinement.
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(familier, fr) péjoratif|fr S’attarder sur des détails sans intérêt, argumenter avec des précisions superflues, de façon mesquine.