Translate caviling from English to French

Summary

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cavil:
- chicaner sur; fustiger; faire la critique; critiquer; pinailler
Wiktionary:
- cavil → chicaner, ergoter
- cavil → grogner, maugréer, maronner, râler, récriminer, ronchonner, rouspéter

English

Detailed Translations for caviling from English to French

cavil (carp; find fault with)
chicaner sur; fustiger; faire la critique; critiquer
- chicaner sur verb
- fustiger verb (fustige, fustiges, fustigeons, fustigez, fustigent, fustigeais, fustigeait, fustigions, fustigiez, fustigeaient, fustigeai, fustigeas, fustigea, fustigeâmes, fustigeâtes, fustigèrent, fustigerai, fustigeras, fustigera, fustigerons, fustigerez, fustigeront)
- faire la critique verb
- critiquer verb (critique, critiques, critiquons, critiquez, critiquent, critiquais, critiquait, critiquions, critiquiez, critiquaient, critiquai, critiquas, critiqua, critiquâmes, critiquâtes, critiquèrent, critiquerai, critiqueras, critiquera, critiquerons, critiquerez, critiqueront)
cavil (carp; nitpick; find fault; find fault with)
pinailler
- pinailler verb (pinaille, pinailles, pinaillons, pinaillez, pinaillent, pinaillais, pinaillait, pinaillions, pinailliez, pinaillaient, pinaillai, pinaillas, pinailla, pinaillâmes, pinaillâtes, pinaillèrent, pinaillerai, pinailleras, pinaillera, pinaillerons, pinaillerez, pinailleront)

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	quibble; quiddity
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
chicaner sur	carp; cavil; find fault with
critiquer	carp; cavil; find fault with	accuse; bear a grudge; bear malice; blame; blame someone of; castigate; censure; criticise; criticize; decry; disapprove of; discredit; give comment; harbour a grudge; hold against; hold it against s.o.; rancor; rancour; rebuke; reject; remove; reprimand; reproach; resent; run down; slate; turn down
faire la critique	carp; cavil; find fault with	blast; carp on; criticise; criticize; find fault with
fustiger	carp; cavil; find fault with
pinailler	carp; cavil; find fault; find fault with; nitpick
-	carp; chicane

an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections¹
raise trivial objections¹

cavil

verb

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• cavil	→ grogner; maugréer; maronner; râler; récriminer; ronchonner; rouspéter	↔ nörgeln — penetrant/störend, aber nicht aggressiv seinen Unmut äußern

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