chouïa
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See also: chouia
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شوية (šuwayya).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]chouïa
- (colloquial) little, bit
- 1959, Raymond Queneau, Zazie dans le métro, page 29:
- Moi, déclara Zazie, je veux aller à l’école jusqu’à soixante-cinq ans. − Jusqu’à soixante-cinq ans? répéta Gabriel un chouïa surpris.
- "I want to go to school until I'm sixty-five," announced Zazie. "Until you're sixty-five?" repeated Gabriel, a tad surprised.
Further reading
[edit]- “chouïa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.