choucas

Meaning

jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)

Concepts

jackdaw

daw

chough

Corvus monedula

Synonyms

choucas des tours

corvus monedula

Translations

Dohle

taccola

kauw

grajilla

gralla

κάργια

küçük karga

gralhon

gralha-de-nuca-cinzenta

gralha de nuca cinzenta

monedula

gralha

καλιακούδα

Corvus monedula

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃu.ka/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German: chouch

Cognate with English: chough

Cognate with Dutch: kauw

Cognate with Swedish: kaja

In summary

Borrowed from Middle High German chouch (“jackdaw”), from Old High German kaha, from Proto-West Germanic *kahu (“jackdaw”), ultimately imitative; related to English chough, Dutch kauw, Swedish kaja. More at chough.