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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin zīzania (“tares, cockle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
zizanie f (plural zizanies)
- discord; ill-feeling
1882, Émile Zola, Pot-Bouille:On ne nomma pas Berthe; seulement, Valérie laissa entendre que toute la zizanie venait de cette femme, car il n’y avait jamais eu un mot désagréable dans la famille, avant qu’elle y fut entrée pour la déshonorer.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek ζιζάνιο (zizánio).
Noun
zizanie f (plural zizanii)
- cockle
- discord
Declension