chamaillerie
French, noun/ʃa.maj.ʁi/
chamaillerie is spelled C-H-A-M-A-I-L-L-E-R-I-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written French, the 162,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chamaillerie is a French feminine noun meaning “bicker; quarrel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de se chamailler, querelle peu importante souvent accompagnée de cris”.
What does chamaillerie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebicker; quarrel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de se chamailler, querelle peu importante souvent accompagnée de cris.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chamaillerie
- chamailleries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chamaillerie?
- /ʃa.maj.ʁi/
- /ʃa.mɑj.ʁi/
- \ʃa.mɑj.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chamaillerie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chamaillerie in French?
chamaillerie appears about once in every 26 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).