chat-huant

Alteration (after chat, huant) of Zarphatic Old French javan (“owl”), from Old French choan, from Late Latin cavannus, from Transalpine Gaulish.

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.ɥɑ̃/

chat-huant m (plural chats-huants)

1. barn owl

   Synonym: hulotte

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

• chahutant