šikana

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See also: sikana

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schikane, from French chicane.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ši‧ka‧na

Noun

šikana f

  1. bullying
  2. (sports) chicane

Declension

Further reading

  • šikana”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • šikana”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Schikane, from French chicane.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃikǎna/
  • Hyphenation: ši‧ka‧na

Noun

šikàna f (Cyrillic spelling шика̀на)

  1. (regional) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French chicane.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃikǎna/
  • Hyphenation: ši‧ka‧na

Noun

šikàna f (Cyrillic spelling шика̀на)

  1. (sports) chicane
Declension

Further reading

  • šikana”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • šikana”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovak

Pronunciation

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Noun

šikana f

  1. bullying
    Synonym: šikanovanie
  2. (sports) chicane

Declension

Further reading

  • šikana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024