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Uitgebreide vertaling voor hair-splitting (Engels) in het Frans

hairsplitting:

hairsplitting [the ~] zelfstandig naamwoord

  1. the hairsplitting (acting difficult; quibbling)
    le faire le difficile
  2. the hairsplitting (niggling; nitpicking)
    la chicane; l'ergoterie
  3. the hairsplitting (nitpicking)
    la chicane
    • chicane [la ~] zelfstandig naamwoord
  4. the hairsplitting (quibbling over words)
    la chicanerie; l'ergoterie

Vertaal Matrix voor hairsplitting:

Zelfstandig NaamwoordVerwante vertalingenAndere vertalingen
chicane hairsplitting; niggling; nitpicking arguing; bickering; cavilling; fault-finding; pettifoggery; quarreling; quibble; quibbling; splitting hairs; squabbling; wrangling
chicanerie hairsplitting; quibbling over words
ergoterie hairsplitting; niggling; nitpicking; quibbling over words cavilling; fault-finding
faire le difficile acting difficult; hairsplitting; quibbling
- word-splitting
Bijvoeglijk NaamwoordVerwante vertalingenAndere vertalingen
- finespun

Synoniemen voor "hairsplitting":


Verwante definities voor "hairsplitting":

  1. developed in excessively fine detail1
  2. making too fine distinctions of little importance1
    • they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously1


Wiktionary: hair-splitting

hair-splitting
noun
  1. the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are neither important nor prominent
hair-splitting
noun
  1. (vulgaire) (figuré) péjoratif|fr arguties pour des vétilles, argumentation oiseuse, absconse et parfois pédante, sur des détails.

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
hair-splitting chicanerie; coupage de cheveux en quatre; pinaillage; enculage de mouches Haarspaltereiübertriebene Kleinlichkeit

Verwante vertalingen van hair-splitting