chouïa

See also: chouia

French

Alternative forms

chouia, chouya

Etymology

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شوية (šuwayya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃu.ja/
Rhymes: -ja
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Adverb

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

“chouïa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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