chouette

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Hear it

nounfeminine

owlspecifically, those species of owls without ear tufts; those with ear tufts are hiboux

adjectiveinformal

great, cool, swell

interjectioninformal

Exclamation when one learns of something pleasing

Used in the library

À gauche s’élevait un vieux moulin abandonné, aux ailes immobiles, dans les ruines duquel une chouette faisait entendre son cri aigu, périodique et monotone.To the left stood an old abandoned mill, with motionless wings, in the ruins of which an owl uttered its acute, periodic and monotonous cry.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires

Other ways to say it

Saying something is good

chouetteniceSlightly dated and still very much alive. Literally an owl.

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