choete

Old French

Alternative forms

• choette, chouete, chouette, chuete, chuette, chueute, cieuete, çuete, sueste, suette, tsouete

Etymology

From choe (“jackdaw”) +‎ -ete (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɔˈɛtə/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈɛtə/

Noun

choete oblique singular, f (oblique plural choetes, nominative singular choete, nominative plural choetes)

1. owl

Descendants

• Middle French: chouette
  • French: chouette

References

• “choe”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*kâwa”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 304