kerkuil
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch kerchule. Equivalent to kerk + uil.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kerkuil m or f (plural kerkuilen, diminutive kerkuiltje n)
- Any owl of the genus Tyto
- (particularly) The barn owl, Tyto alba
- Synonyms: (obsolete) oranje-uil, torenuil
Descendants
[edit]- → West Frisian: tsjerkûle (calque)
Further reading
[edit]- kerkuil on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl