Masculine
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loup
- (masculine) wolf
- (masculine) bass (fish)
- (masculine) mask, eyemask
- (masculine) flaw
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/lu/
Etymology
In summary
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.
wolf face
dog-wolf
eye mask
canis lupus
canis mexicanus
Canis lupus
woman chaser
wolf face
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