Personne tatillonne, qui trouve à redire sur tout et sur rien.
picky, in an annoying way
çekim: çoğul pignoli
eş: cavilloso, fiscale, incontentabile, meticoloso, minuzioso, pedante
köken: From pigna + -olo. Compare pinolo.
a petty person who makes a pointless fuss about insignificant details or issues; a nitpicker
çekim: çoğul mierenneukers
köken: From mierenneuken + -er. Literally, “antscrewer”, or more loosely translated as “one who has sexual intercourse with ants”.
de mierenneukers van de Vlaamse overheid
pettifogger
çekim: çoğul krångelmakares · tamlayan krångelmakares
köken: krångel + -makare
female equivalent of kłótnik (“quarreler, brawler, wrangler, pettifogger”)
çekim: çoğul kłótnice · tamlayan kłótnicy
köken: Etymology tree Polish kłócić Polish -nica Polish kłótnica From kłócić + -nica.
bean counter (person excessively interested in expenses and quantitative details)
çekim: çoğul penninpyörittäjät · tamlayan penninpyörittäjän
köken: pennin (genitive) + pyörittäjä
hairsplitter, nitpicker
çekim: çoğul hnidopiši · tamlayan hnidopicha
eş: puntíčkář, pedant, formalista
köken: From hnida (“nit”) + -o- (“stick”) + píchat.
hairsplitter with regards to language; someone overly concerned with the minutiae of utterings
çekim: çoğul ordkløvere · tamlayan ordkløvers
köken: ord (“word”) + kløve (“cleave”) + -er (“er”), after German Wortklauber.
aile: ordkløveri, ordkløverisk
finicky, choosy (especially about food) · nitpicky
köken: Verb-object compound, composed of llepa (“licks”) + fils (“threads”).
nitpick, pedant
çekim: çoğul ситничари