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Webster 1913 Edition
Chicaner
Chi-can′er
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
chicaneur
.] One who uses chicanery.
Locke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Chicaner
CHICANER
,Noun.
Definition 2025
chicaner
chicaner
English
Noun
chicaner (plural chicaners)
- One who uses chicanery.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Locke to this entry?)
French
Etymology
From Middle French chicaner, from Middle Low German schicken, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skikkijaną, the selfsame origin of modern French chic.
Pronunciation
Verb
chicaner
- (transitive) to get (someone) into an argument
- (reflexive) to quibble, squabble (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
Conjugation
Conjugation of chicaner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | chicaner | avoir chicané | |||||
| gerund | en chicanant | en ayant chicané | |||||
| present participle | chicanant /ʃi.ka.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | chicané /ʃi.ka.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | chicane /ʃi.kan/ |
chicanes /ʃi.kan/ |
chicane /ʃi.kan/ |
chicanons /ʃi.ka.nɔ̃/ |
chicanez /ʃi.ka.ne/ |
chicanent /ʃi.kan/ |
| imperfect | chicanais /ʃi.ka.nɛ/ |
chicanais /ʃi.ka.nɛ/ |
chicanait /ʃi.ka.nɛ/ |
chicanions /ʃi.ka.njɔ̃/ |
chicaniez /ʃi.ka.nje/ |
chicanaient /ʃi.ka.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | chicanai /ʃi.ka.ne/ |
chicanas /ʃi.ka.na/ |
chicana /ʃi.ka.na/ |
chicanâmes /ʃi.ka.nam/ |
chicanâtes /ʃi.ka.nat/ |
chicanèrent /ʃi.ka.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | chicanerai /ʃi.kan.ʁe/ |
chicaneras /ʃi.kan.ʁa/ |
chicanera /ʃi.kan.ʁa/ |
chicanerons /ʃi.kan.ʁɔ̃/ |
chicanerez /ʃi.kan.ʁe/ |
chicaneront /ʃi.kan.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | chicanerais /ʃi.kan.ʁɛ/ |
chicanerais /ʃi.kan.ʁɛ/ |
chicanerait /ʃi.kan.ʁɛ/ |
chicanerions /ʃi.ka.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chicaneriez /ʃi.ka.nə.ʁje/ |
chicaneraient /ʃi.kan.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | chicane /ʃi.kan/ |
chicanes /ʃi.kan/ |
chicane /ʃi.kan/ |
chicanions /ʃi.ka.njɔ̃/ |
chicaniez /ʃi.ka.nje/ |
chicanent /ʃi.kan/ |
| imperfect1 |
chicanasse /ʃi.ka.nas/ |
chicanasses /ʃi.ka.nas/ |
chicanât /ʃi.ka.na/ |
chicanassions /ʃi.ka.na.sjɔ̃/ |
chicanassiez /ʃi.ka.na.sje/ |
chicanassent /ʃi.ka.nas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | chicane /ʃi.kan/ |
— | chicanons /ʃi.ka.nɔ̃/ |
chicanez /ʃi.ka.ne/ |
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