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So, there you are, "chouette" is not a little cabbage, therefore, it's not a diminutive of the word "chou".
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So, there you are, "chouette" is not a little cabbage, therefore, it's not a diminutive of the word "chou".
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If I have un petit faible (une faiblette?) for this language (languette?), if certain words are sweetly chouette, and certain sounds sharply shadowed comme une silhouette ... the cause for this might just be that little suffix ette!
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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If I have un petit faible (une faiblette?) for this language (languette?), if certain words are sweetly chouette, and certain sounds sharply shadowed comme une silhouette ... the cause for this might just be that little suffix ette!
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Why did I always think chouette was the French word for an owl?
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If I have un petit faible (une faiblette?) for this language (languette?), if certain words are sweetly chouette, and certain sounds sharply shadowed comme une silhouette ... the cause for this might just be that little suffix ette!
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Davy Jourget 10 months ago chouette boulot dunkwun 10 months ago you've conjoured up some great images. especially the opening shot.
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Is chouette not also a word for “great” or “cool” or things of that ilk?
chouette hibou 2008
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It prompted a lively discussion with The Boy, during the course of which I discovered that not only do the French have two different words for owl, but that one has tufty, ear-like appendages (the hibou, pictured), while the other (the chouette) does not.
toys 2008
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Why did I always think chouette was the French word for an owl?
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