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Adjective [French]

IPA: /ʃwɛt/ Audio: Fr-chouette.ogg Forms: chouettes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: Probably from a confusion between Etymology 1, above, and a derivative of choueter, chou. Head templates: {{fr-adj}} chouette (plural chouettes)
  1. (informal) great, cool, swell Tags: informal Synonyms: sympa
    Sense id: en-chouette-fr-adj-JepagqPw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Interjection [French]

IPA: /ʃwɛt/ Audio: Fr-chouette.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: Probably from a confusion between Etymology 1, above, and a derivative of choueter, chou.
  1. (informal) Exclamation when one learns of something pleasing Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-chouette-fr-intj-fZRLyXOV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [French]

IPA: /ʃwɛt/ Audio: Fr-chouette.ogg Forms: chouettes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From Middle French chouette, from Old French choete, diminutive from choe (“jackdaw”), from Frankish *kâwa. Etymology templates: {{dercat|fr|gmw-pro|ine-pro}}, {{inh|fr|frm|chouette}} Middle French chouette, {{inh|fr|fro|choete}} Old French choete, {{der|fr|frk|*kahu|*kâwa}} Frankish *kâwa Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} chouette f (plural chouettes)
  1. owl (specifically, those species of owls without ear tufts; those with ear tufts are hiboux) Tags: feminine Derived forms: chouette boréale, chouette cendrée, chouette chevêche, chouette des terriers, chouette effraie, chouette épervière, chouette harfang, chouette hulotte, chouette lapone, chouette rayée Related terms: hibou
    Sense id: en-chouette-fr-noun-ISrSKszx Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Owls Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 26 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 3 26 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 25 74 Disambiguation of Owls: 3 12 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Middle French]

IPA: /ʃuɛtə/ Forms: chouettes [plural]
Etymology: From Old French choete. Etymology templates: {{inh|frm|fro|choete}} Old French choete Head templates: {{head|frm|noun|||plural|chouettes||{{{pl2}}}||{{{f}}}||{{{f}}}s|f1accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} chouette f (plural chouettes), {{frm-noun|f}} chouette f (plural chouettes)
  1. owl Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-chouette-frm-noun-EPcSe5gL Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Old French]

Head templates: {{head|fro|noun|altform=1}} chouette
  1. Alternative form of choete (“owl”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: choete (extra: owl)
    Sense id: en-chouette-fro-noun-DNNK1S5M Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: chouette"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "choete"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French choete",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French choete.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chouettes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "10": "{{{f}}}",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{f}}}s",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "chouettes",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "9": "",
        "f1accel-form": "p",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "chouette f (plural chouettes)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "chouette f (plural chouettes)",
      "name": "frm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle French",
  "lang_code": "frm",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle French countable nouns",
        "Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle French feminine nouns",
        "Middle French lemmas",
        "Middle French nouns",
        "Middle French terms derived from Old French",
        "Middle French terms inherited from Old French",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "owl"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "owl",
          "owl"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃuɛtə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chouette"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "noun",
        "altform": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "chouette",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "owl",
          "word": "choete"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Old French alternative forms",
        "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of choete (“owl”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "choete",
          "choete#Old_French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chouette"
}

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