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rechigner.

to display reluctance

9 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/ʁə.ʃi.ɲe/
  1. to display reluctance

    colloquial · intransitive
    L'été, nos enfants rechignent à faire leurs devoirs de vacances.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French reschignier, from Frankish *kīnan (“to split open”).

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