chuinter

== French == === Etymology === Onomatopoeic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃɥɛ̃.te/ === Verb === chuinter (intransitive, of an owl) to hoot, screech (intransitive, of a machine) to buzz, whirr, whoosh (intransitive, of a door) to creak (intransitive) to swish (intransitive, of tires) to hiss (intransitive) to pronounce the phoneme s as ʃ, often seen as a speech defect or regionalism. Can be compared to lisping in the English language. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== chuintement === Further reading === “chuinter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012