chat-huant
French edit
Etymology edit
Alteration (after chat, huant) of Zarphatic Old French javan (“owl”), from Old French choan, from Late Latin cavannus, from Transalpine Gaulish.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chat-huant m (plural chats-huants)
Further reading edit
- “chat-huant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.