noun, feminine/ʃwɛt/plural: chouettes
owl (specifically, those species of owls without ear tufts; those with ear tufts are hiboux)
Related: chouette boréale, chouette cendrée, chouette chevêche, chouette des terriers, chouette effraie, chouette épervière, chouette harfang, chouette hulotte, chouette lapone, chouette rayée
] From Middle French chouette, from Old French choete, diminutive from choe (“jackdaw”), from Frankish *kâwa.