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chouiner

  • \ʃwi.ne\
  • [ʃwi.ne] France (Île de France)

verb chouiner · avoir chouiné · en chouinant · en ayant chouiné · chouinant · chouiné

  1. familiar Pleurer, pleurnicher. Cet enfant n’arrête pas de chouiner pour un rien.
  2. pejorative Se plaindre. Je les entends chouiner en permanence.

Similar: chougner, couiner, pleurnicher

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verb

Similar: chougner, couiner, pleurnicher

In English

  • whine to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine

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@misc{chouiner_2026,
  title = {chouiner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/chouiner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}