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) owl ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: chouetteFrench: 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