"caouin" meaning in Français

See caouin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: caouins [plural]
  1. Chat-huant.
    Sense id: fr-caouin-fr-noun-PKyX7UDd Categories (other): Exemples en français Topics: ornithology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "au coin"
    },
    {
      "word": "couina"
    }
  ],
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    "Voir le breton kaouenn."
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  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
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        {
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              169,
              175
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Julien Green, Journal 1946-1950 - Le Revenant, Plon, 1951 ; réédition Le Livre de Poche, 1975, page 202",
          "text": "Un chat-huant vient quelquefois pousser son cri sinistre sous nos fenêtres, surtout en automne, à la chute du jour. Dans l’Oise, me dit quelqu’un, on appelle cet oiseau caouin, d’un nom qui imite assez bien le bruit qu’il fait. Il crie trois fois et se tait."
        }
      ],
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        "Chat-huant."
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      "raw_tags": [
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      ]
    }
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      "word": "au coin"
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    {
      "word": "couina"
    }
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  ],
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  "lang": "Français",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          ],
          "ref": "Julien Green, Journal 1946-1950 - Le Revenant, Plon, 1951 ; réédition Le Livre de Poche, 1975, page 202",
          "text": "Un chat-huant vient quelquefois pousser son cri sinistre sous nos fenêtres, surtout en automne, à la chute du jour. Dans l’Oise, me dit quelqu’un, on appelle cet oiseau caouin, d’un nom qui imite assez bien le bruit qu’il fait. Il crie trois fois et se tait."
        }
      ],
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