"chouette" meaning in French

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Adjective

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. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|choueter}} choueter, {{m|fr|chou}} 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

IPA: /ʃwɛt/ Audio: Fr-chouette.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: Probably from a confusion between Etymology 1, above, and a derivative of choueter, chou. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|choueter}} choueter, {{m|fr|chou}} 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

IPA: /ʃwɛt/ Audio: Fr-chouette.ogg Forms: chouettes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: Inherited from Old French çuete, diminutive of choë, cauwe, from Vulgar Latin *cawa or from Old Dutch *kāwa (“jackdaw”) (compare Dutch kauw, English chough), from Proto-West Germanic *kahu, from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|çuete|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French çuete, {{inh+|fr|fro|çuete}} Inherited from Old French çuete, {{m|fro|choë}} choë, {{m|fro|cauwe}} cauwe, {{der|fr|VL.|*cawa}} Vulgar Latin *cawa, {{der|fr|odt|*kāwa|t=jackdaw}} Old Dutch *kāwa (“jackdaw”), {{cog|nl|kauw}} Dutch kauw, {{cog|en|chough}} English chough, {{der|fr|gmw-pro|*kahu}} Proto-West Germanic *kahu, {{der|fr|ine-pro|*gewH-|t=to call, cry}} Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry”) 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 Categories (lifeform): Birds, Owls 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 Disambiguation of Birds: 5 19 77 Disambiguation of Owls: 4 17 80 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 25 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃwɛt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-chouette.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/Fr-chouette.ogg/Fr-chouette.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Fr-chouette.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fr:chouette"
  ],
  "word": "chouette"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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