choucas

French

choucas

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German chouch (“jackdaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *kahu (“jackdaw”), ultimately imitative; related to English chough, Dutch kauw, Swedish kaja. More at chough.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃu.ka/, /ʃu.kɑ/

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Noun

choucas m (plural choucas)

1. jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)

Further reading

• “choucas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• couchas