Summary
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- mesquin:
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Wiktionary:
- mesquin → petty, narrow-minded, measly, meager, meagre, small-minded
- mesquin → fuddy-duddy, fussy, mean, stingy, tight-fisted, narrow-minded, petty-minded, small-minded
French
Detailed Translations for mesquin from French to English
mesquin:
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mesquin (étroit d'esprit)
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mesquin (petit-bourgeois; bourgeois; provincial; petitement; borné; roturier)
bourgeois; cramped; confined; petty; petty-bourgeois; provincial; parochial; narrow minded; small-town; lower-middle-class; narrow-mindedness; a small voice; like a narrow minded man-
bourgeois adj
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cramped adj
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confined adj
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petty adj
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petty-bourgeois adj
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provincial adj
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parochial adj
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narrow minded adj
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small-town adj
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a small voice adj
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mesquin (avare; radin; parcimonieux; pingre; chiche; ladre)
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mesquin (exigu; petit; provincial; petit-bourgeois; borné; serré; étriqué; petitement; à l'étroit)
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mesquin (futile; mesquinement; futilement)
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mesquin (radin; avare; étriqué)
Translation Matrix for mesquin:
Synonyms for "mesquin":
Wiktionary Translations for mesquin:
mesquin
Cross Translation:
adjective
mesquin
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Sans importance ni valeur
- mesquin → petty
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Qui a un esprit étroit
- mesquin → narrow-minded
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Qui témoigne d’avarice
adjective
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selfish
Cross Translation:
| From | To | Via |
|---|---|---|
| • mesquin | → fuddy-duddy; fussy | ↔ kleinkariert — peinlich genau, übergenau, engstirnig, kleinbürgerlich |
| • mesquin | → mean; stingy; tight-fisted; narrow-minded; petty-minded; small-minded | ↔ schofel — umgangssprachlich abwertend:in beschämender Weise kleinlich, geizig |
| • mesquin | → mean; stingy; tight-fisted; narrow-minded; petty-minded; small-minded | ↔ schofelig — umgangssprachlich abwertend: in beschämender Weise kleinlich, geizig |