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Detailed Translations for fiddling from English to French

fiddling:

fiddling [the ~] nomen

  1. the fiddling (tinkering; pottering; niggling)
    le bricolage; le travail d'amateur
  2. the fiddling (bungling; tinkering)
    le bousillage; le bricolage; la maladresse; la niaiserie; le tripotage; l'inhabilité; la musardise; la musarderie; le pataugeage
  3. the fiddling (tampering; messing)
    le bricolage; la tricherie

Translation Matrix for fiddling:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
bousillage bungling; fiddling; tinkering botch job; bungle; bungling; bungling work; cheating; confused heap; fraud; heap; jumble; mess; messing; messing about; muddle; muddling; rummaging; shoddy work; swindling; trouble
bricolage bungling; fiddling; messing; niggling; pottering; tampering; tinkering botch job; bungle; bungling; bungling work; cottage industry; do it yourself work; home crafts; home industry; shoddy work
inhabilité bungling; fiddling; tinkering incapability; incompetence
maladresse bungling; fiddling; tinkering awkwardness; blunder; botching; bungling; fumblingness
musarderie bungling; fiddling; tinkering
musardise bungling; fiddling; tinkering
niaiserie bungling; fiddling; tinkering foolishness; inanity; naïvete; sheepishness; silliness; unfunny joke; unfunny prank
pataugeage bungling; fiddling; tinkering bungling; drudgery; messing; muddling; toil; toiling
travail d'amateur fiddling; niggling; pottering; tinkering bungling; messing; muddling
tricherie fiddling; messing; tampering cheating; consulting one's notes; copying; corruption; corruptions; deceit; deception; defalcation; double-cross; embezzlement; falsehood; falseness; falsity; fencing; fooling; fraud; illegitimacy; lie; malversation; malversations; mess; spuriousness; swindle; swindling; trickery; untruth
tripotage bungling; fiddling; tinkering bartering; bungling; dredging; haggling; messing; messing about; muddling; playing around; shady dealings

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Wiktionary Translations for fiddling:


Cross Translation:
FromToVia
fiddling futile; négligeable; insignifiant; sans importance; dénué d'importance; sans intérêt belanglosallgemein: ohne Bedeutung, von geringem Belang

fiddling form of fiddle:

fiddle [the ~] nomen

  1. the fiddle (violin)
    le violon

to fiddle verb (fiddles, fiddled, fiddling)

  1. to fiddle (do needlework)
  2. to fiddle (fidget; twiddle; niggle)
    tripoter
    • tripoter verb (tripote, tripotes, tripotons, tripotez, )
  3. to fiddle (deceive)
    fricoter
    • fricoter verb (fricote, fricotes, fricotons, fricotez, )
  4. to fiddle (muddle; muck; monkey; fumble; mess about)
    patauger
    • patauger verb (patauge, patauges, pataugeons, pataugez, )

Conjugations for fiddle:

present
  1. fiddle
  2. fiddle
  3. fiddles
  4. fiddle
  5. fiddle
  6. fiddle
simple past
  1. fiddled
  2. fiddled
  3. fiddled
  4. fiddled
  5. fiddled
  6. fiddled
present perfect
  1. have fiddled
  2. have fiddled
  3. has fiddled
  4. have fiddled
  5. have fiddled
  6. have fiddled
past continuous
  1. was fiddling
  2. were fiddling
  3. was fiddling
  4. were fiddling
  5. were fiddling
  6. were fiddling
future
  1. shall fiddle
  2. will fiddle
  3. will fiddle
  4. shall fiddle
  5. will fiddle
  6. will fiddle
continuous present
  1. am fiddling
  2. are fiddling
  3. is fiddling
  4. are fiddling
  5. are fiddling
  6. are fiddling
subjunctive
  1. be fiddled
  2. be fiddled
  3. be fiddled
  4. be fiddled
  5. be fiddled
  6. be fiddled
diverse
  1. fiddle!
  2. let's fiddle!
  3. fiddled
  4. fiddling
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for fiddle:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
violon fiddle; violin
- violin
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
faire un ouvrage de dames do needlework; fiddle
fricoter deceive; fiddle idle; lounge about; lounge around; sit around
patauger fiddle; fumble; mess about; monkey; muck; muddle fool about; fool around; mess about; mess around; paddle; potter about
travailler manuellement do needlework; fiddle make by hand
tripoter fiddle; fidget; niggle; twiddle botch; bungle; fool about; fool around; fumble; mess about; mess around; muddle; muddle on; pick; potter about; tinker
- diddle; goldbrick; monkey; play; shirk; shrink from; tamper; tinker; toy
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- tamper

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Related Definitions for "fiddle":

  1. bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow1
  2. try to fix or mend1
    • She always fiddles with her van on the weekend1
  3. play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly1
    • The reporter fiddle with the facts1
  4. manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination1
    • Don't fiddle with the screws1
  5. play on a violin1
    • Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely1
  6. play the violin or fiddle1
  7. commit fraud and steal from one's employer1
    • We found out that she had been fiddling for years1
  8. avoid (one's assigned duties)1

Wiktionary Translations for fiddle:

fiddle
verb
  1. to adjust in order to cover a basic flaw or fraud
  2. to play aimlessly
noun
  1. adjustment
  2. fraud
  3. instrument
fiddle
noun
  1. Instrument de musique

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
fiddle vièle; vielle FiedelMusik: Mittelalterliches Streichinstrument, das als Vorläufer der Violine gilt
fiddle violon Geige — Violine, aus der Viola da braccio hervorgegangenes Streichinstrument mit flachem Korpus und 4 Saiten, welche in G-D-A-E gestimmt sind

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