choucas

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