chicane

See also chicané

English

a chicane in a roadway

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

chicane (plural chicanes)

1. (road transport) A temporary barrier, or serpentine curve, on a vehicular path, especially one designed to reduce speed.
2. Chicanery.

Translations

a temporary barrier or serpentine curve

• German: Schikane (de) f
• Irish: siceán (ga) m

• Polish: szykana (pl)

chicanery

• Bulgarian: двусмислица (bg) (dvusmislica) f

Verb

chicane (third-person singular simple present chicanes, present participle chicaning, simple past and past participle chicaned)

1. (intransitive) To use chicanery, tricks or subterfuge.
2. (transitive) To deceive.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃi.kan/

Verb

chicane

1. first-person singular present indicative of chicaner
2. third-person singular present indicative of chicaner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of chicaner
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of chicaner
5. second-person singular imperative of chicaner

Noun

chicane f (plural chicanes)

1. (road transport) Chicane (obstruction designed to reduce speed), double road bend.
2. Bickering, quibbling, especially as delay tactic.

Anagrams

• caniche