hibou

Meaning

owl (specifically, those species of owls with ear tufts; those without ear tufts are chouettes)

Concepts

owl

🦉

barn owl

eagle owl

owls

horned owl

eagle-owl

screech owl

bird of night

bird of Minerva

yellow underwing

breathalyzer

large yellow underwing moth

hooter

long-eared owl

breathalyser

Synonyms

chouette

🦉

effraie

fiancée

Strigiformes

vampire

🧛

chat-huant

🦉

strigiformes

noctuelle de la vigne

noctuelle fiancée

chouan

strigiforme

moyen duc

chouette effraie

Translations

Eule

🦉

lechuza

🦉

uil

🦉

gufo

🦉

coruja

🦉

mocho

🦉

baykuş

🦉

κουκουβάγια

kund

🦉

búho

🦉

pepûk

civetta

🦉

bu

pû

Pronounced as (IPA)

/i.bu/

Etymology

Cognate with Old High German: hūwo

Cognate with Catalan: òliba

Cognate with Latin: būbo

In summary

Ultimately imitative. Possibly from or influenced by a descendant of Proto-West Germanic *hūō and/or Proto-Germanic *uwwilǭ. Compare Old High German hūwo, ūvo, (h)ūwila and, as a borrowing into Romance, Catalan òbila, òliba. If so, related to English owl. Compare also Latin būbo.