"kerfuffle" meaning in Anglais

See kerfuffle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \kə.ˈfʌf.əl\, \kə.ˈfʌf.əl\, \kɚ.ˈfʌf.əl\, kɚ.ˈfʌf.əl Audio: en-us-kerfuffle.ogg , En-au-kerfuffle.ogg Forms: kerfuffles [plural]
  1. Tumulte, esclandre, brouhaha.
    Sense id: fr-kerfuffle-en-noun-zofooMaM Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: brouhaha Related terms: curfuffle, kafuffle, kerfluffle, kurfuffle

Inflected forms

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    "(Début du XIXᵉ siècle) Probablement du scots curfuffle, de ker- et fuffle, ou encore du gaélique cior thual (« confusion, désordre »)."
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          "text": "You know all this kerfuffle about Jordan and Peter Andre, and how you don’t know if they’re really splitting up or it’s just an act […]",
          "translation": "On connaît tout ce brouhaha au sujet de Jordan et Peter Andre, et à quel point on ne sait pas s’ils se séparent vraiment ou si c’est juste de la comédie […]"
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          "ref": "Mark Memmott,« Sarah Palin’s Had Her Say; Now Let’s Hear From Paul Revere », The Two-Way, National Public Radio, 6 juin 2011",
          "text": "There’s been a bit of a kerfuffle the past couple days over something Sarah Palin said about Paul Revere.",
          "translation": "Il y a eu un peu de tumulte les quelques jours derniers concernant quelque chose que Sarah Palin a dit à propos de Paul Revere."
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