effraie

common nounverb

Syllable Decomposition

effraie

from orfraie, altered under the influence of effrayer, because this protected species... frightens: a thousand ancestral legends have long meant it was nailed to the cross on the portal of barns!

Definition

Plural

effraies

Hyperonyms

Hyponyms

chouette effraieeffraie ombréeeffraie masquéeeffraie doréeeffraie de Manuseffraie des Tanimbareffraie de Taliabueffraie des Célèbeseffraie des clocherseffraie d'hispaniolaeffraie de Sourmagneeffraie du Capeffraie de prairie

Translations

  • germangerman:Schleiereule
  • englishenglish:owl
  • danishdanish:ugle
  • spanishspanish:lechuza
  • italianitalian:gufo
  • dutchdutch:kerkuil
  • portugueseportuguese:éstrix
  • swedishswedish:uggla
  • turkishturkish:baykuş

See also

effraie (v.) effraies (v.)