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chou de Chine: synonym of colocase (“taro”); synonym of chou chinois (“Chinese cabbage”)
chou de Siam: synonym of chou-rave (“kohlrabi”)
chou de chien: synonym of mercuriale annuelle (“annual mercury”) (Mercurialis annua); synonym of mercuriale vivace (“dog's mercury”) (Mercurialis perennis); An unidentified type of cabbage
chou frisé: curly kale
chou rave: alternative spelling of chou-rave (“kohlrabi”)
chou rouge: red cabbage
chou vert et vert chou: tomayto, tomahto; same difference; six of one, half a dozen of the other
chou à la crème: cream puff
chou-fleur: cauliflower
chou-rave: kohlrabi (cabbage cultivar)
chouan: Chouan
chouannerie: counterrevolution
choucas: jackdaw (bird of the genus Coloeus)
chouchen: a type of mead popular in Brittany
chouchou: term of endearment (like petit chou, mon chou); blue-eyed boy, teacher's pet (student perceived to be favored by the teacher)
chouchou: a hair scrunchie, scrunchy
chouchou: chayote
chouchou: candied peanut
chouchouter: to spoil, pamper
choucroute: sauerkraut (a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage)
chouette: owl (specifically, those species of owls without ear tufts; those with ear tufts are hiboux)
chouette: great, cool, swell
chouette: Exclamation when one learns of something pleasing
chouette boréale: boreal owl, Tengmalm's owl, Richardson's owl (Aegolius funereus, syn. Nyctala tengmalmi)
chouette cendrée: great grey owl, Lapland owl (Strix nebulosa)
chouette des terriers: burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia, syn. Speotyto cunicularia)
chouette effraie: barn owl (Tyto alba); screech owl
chouette hulotte: tawny owl, brown owl (Strix aluco)
chouette lapone: great grey owl, Lapland owl (Strix nebulosa)
chouette rayée: barred owl (Strix varia)
chouette épervière: northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula)
chouettement: really well
chouf: lookout (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.)
chouf: look!
chouffe: white beer, wheat beer blond beer
chouia: brochette, grilled meat
chouinegomme: chewing gum
chouiner: to cry, to whine, to whinge; to complain, whine
choune: pussy; fanny
choupi: cute
choupi: cutie
choupinou: baby, darling, sweetheart (term of endearment)
choupique: bowfin, mudfish, grindle, cypress trout
choupisson: baby hedgehog
chouquette: chouquette (a small choux pastry made with dough sprinkled with sugar)
chourave: theft
chourave: stolen
chouraver: to nick, pinch (steal)
chourer: to steal
chouriner: to knife, stab
chouré: hot, stolen
chousse: stump
chouïa: little, bit
chow chow: chowchow: fruit ketchup
chow mein: chow mein
chow-chow: Chow Chow (“dog”); alternative form of chow chow (“ketchup”)
choyer: to cherish, pamper, coddle (care for with affection and tenderness); to hold in great esteem, revere, going to great lengths to demonstrate this; to cherish, treasure, conserve with great care
chresmologue: chresmologue
chrestomathie: chrestomathy
christadelphe: Christadelphian