choucas
French
choucas
Etymology
From Middle High German chouch (“jackdaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *kahu (“jackdaw”), ultimately imitative; related to English chough, Dutch kauw, Swedish kaja. More at chough.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃu.ka/, /ʃu.kɑ/
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Noun
choucas m (plural choucas)
- jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
Further reading
- “choucas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- couchas