zizanie
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin zīzania (“tares, cockle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zizanie f (plural zizanies)
- discord; ill-feeling
- 1882, Émile Zola, Pot-Bouille[1]:
- On ne nomma pas Berthe; seulement, Valérie laissa entendre que toute la zizanie venait de cette femme, car il n’y avait jamais eu un mot désagréable dans la famille, avant qu’elle y fut entrée pour la déshonorer.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “zizanie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Greek ζιζάνιο (zizánio).
Noun[edit]
zizanie f (plural zizanii)
Declension[edit]
Declension of zizanie
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (o) zizanie | zizania | (niște) zizanii | zizaniile |
| genitive/dative | (unei) zizanii | zizaniei | (unor) zizanii | zizaniilor |
| vocative | zizanie, zizanio | zizaniilor | ||
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