lupa

Signification (Anglais)

female equivalent of lupo: she-wolf

Concepts

louve

chienne

renarde

Synonymes

cagna

Traductions

wolvin

she-wolf

Wölfin

loba

dêlegur

loba

λύκαινα

bitch

lloba

lupa

dişi kurt

loba

lýkäna

σκύλα

Coupé comme

lù‧pa

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈlu.pa/

Étymologie (Anglais)

For Vulgar Latin *lūpa instead of the attested Latin lupa, also reflected by Piedmontese luv and luva, perhaps onomatopoeic of the wolf's howling. Similarly unexpected is French loup (despite Old French leu).