"vieille chouette" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \vjɛj ʃwɛt\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-vieille chouette.wav Forms: vieilles chouettes [plural]
  1. Vieille femme acariâtre, harpie, mégère.
    Sense id: fr-vieille_chouette-fr-noun-Z5KVODV3 Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vieille peau Translations: old hag (Anglais), pelėda (Lituanien)

Inflected forms

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