chiant
French
Etymology
From the verb chier. The adjectival senses are from its derivative faire chier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃjɑ̃/
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Adjective
chiant (feminine chiante, masculine plural chiants, feminine plural chiantes)
- (vulgar, slang, informal, colloquial) annoying
- 1997, “Léa”, in Louise Attaque, performed by Louise Attaque:
- Elle est pas méchante / Mais putain qu'est ce qu'elle est chiante
- She isn't mean / But fuck, she's annoying
- (vulgar, slang) boring
Derived terms
Participle
chiant
- present participle of chier
Further reading
- “chiant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.