chat-huant
French
Etymology
Alteration (after chat, huant) of Zarphatic Old French javan (“owl”), from Old French choan, from Late Latin cavannus, from Transalpine Gaulish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃa.ɥɑ̃/
Noun
chat-huant m (plural chats-huants)
- barn owl
- Synonym: hulotte
Further reading
- “chat-huant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- chahutant