quibble

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• /ˈkwɪbəl/
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Origin uncertain. Possibly from quib (“quibble”, noun) + -le (diminutive ending). Quib is probably from Latin quibus (“in what respect? how?”), which appeared frequently in legal documents and came to be suggestive of the verbosity and petty argumentation found therein; or perhaps an alteration of quip. Alternatively, perhaps related to dialectal Dutch kwebbelen (“to speak quickly and continuously, chatter”). Compare also Scots wheebele (“a quibble”).

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: заяждане (zajaždane) — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Czech: slovíčkaření — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Czech: hašteření — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Czech: banální námitka — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Czech: malicherná stížnost — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Dutch: haarkloverij — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Finnish: marina — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Finnish: narina — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Finnish: kitinä — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Finnish: mutina — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Finnish: suukopu — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Finnish: kränä — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• French: argutie — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Georgian: უმნიშვნელო შენიშვნა (umnišvnelo šenišvna) — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Georgian: შენიშვნა (šenišvna) — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• German: kleinliche Kritik — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• German: Spitzfindigkeit — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• German: Haarspalterei — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Hungarian: szőrszálhasogatás — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Italian: cavillo — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Portuguese: minúcia — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Russian: приди́рка (pridírka) — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Serbo-Croatian: cepidlačenje — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Sicilian: minuzzia — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Sicilian: fìsima — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Spanish: sutileza — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Spanish: argucia — a trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument
• Bulgarian: заяждам се (zajaždam se) — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Bulgarian: заяда се (zajada se) — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Czech: handrkovat se — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Czech: hašteřit se — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Dutch: muggenziften — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Dutch: kibbelen — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Esperanto: ĉikani — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Finnish: marista — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Finnish: narista — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Finnish: kitistä — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• French: chicaner — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• French: ergoter — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• French: chinoiser — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• French: chipoter — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• French: pinailler — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Georgian: დაწვრილმანება (dac̣vrilmaneba) — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Georgian: წვრილმანზე კამათი (c̣vrilmanze ḳamati) — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• German: herumstreiten — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• German: kleinlich sein — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Italian: cavillare — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Latin: cavillari — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Portuguese: preocupar-se — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Portuguese: preocupar-se com minúcias — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Portuguese: discutir — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Russian: придира́ться (pridirátʹsja) — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Serbo-Croatian: cepidlačiti — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Spanish: buscar evasivas — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Spanish: sutilizar — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
• Spanish: andar con sutilezas — to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner