chouette
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French çuete, diminutive of choë, cauwe, from Vulgar Latin *cawa or from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Dutch *kāwa ‘jackdaw’ (compare Dutch kauw, English chough), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *kahwō, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *geh₁(i)- ‘sing’.
Noun
chouette f (plural chouettes)
- owl (specifically, an owl without a crest)
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Probably from a confusion between Etymology 1, above, and a derivative of choueter, chou.
Adjective
chouette (plural chouettes)
Interjection
chouette
- (informal) Exclamation when one learns of something pleasing
- Chouette ! On va à la mer cet été ! ― Super! We're going to the sea this summer!
- Des crêpes ? Chouette ! ― Crêpes? Super!
Further reading
- “chouette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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