chouette

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French [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Old French çuete, diminutive of choë, cauwe, from Old Dutch *kāwa ‘jackdaw’ (compare Dutch kauw), from Proto-Germanic *kawō, from Proto-Indo-European *geh₁(i)- ‘sing’.

Noun [edit]

chouette f (plural chouettes)

  1. owl (specifically, an owl without a crest)

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Etymology 2 [edit]

Probably from a confusion between Etymology 1, above, and a derivative of choueter.

Adjective [edit]

chouette (masculine and feminine, plural chouettes)

  1. (informal) great, cool, swell

Interjection [edit]

chouette

  1. (informal) Uttered when one learns of something pleasing