hibou

/i.bu/

le noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les hiboux

Meaning

  1. owl

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: animate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

chouette

chouette specifically means an owl without ear tufts, like a barn owl; hibou specifically means an owl with ear tufts, like a horned owl — a real biological distinction.

Similar in other languages

German

Eule

Eule is the German word for the same thing — both mean "owl."

German

Kauz

Kauz is the German word for the same thing — both mean "owl."

Spanish

búho

búho is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "owl."

Practice

1 What does hibou mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le ___ chasse la nuit dans la forêt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches hibou?

noun

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