loup

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Meaning

  1. wolf
  2. bass (fish)
  3. mask, eyemask
  4. flaw

Frequency

B2
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/lu/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French loup, from an old western dialectal variant lou of Old French leu and reformed analogically from the feminine louve from Latin lupus (“wolf”). Cognate with Italian lupo; Portuguese and Spanish lobo.

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