loup

Alternative forms

• loop

Etymology

Borrowed from German Luppe (“a lump of iron”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Homophone: loop

Noun

loup (plural loups)

1. A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

See also

Anagrams

• Lo-p'u, Lupo

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -u

Noun

loup m (plural loups, feminine louve)

1. wolf

   un jeune loup ― a young wolf

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

Further reading

• “loup”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “loup” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “loup” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

Etymology

From a western dialectal variant of Old French leu, lou (or reformed analogically from the feminine louve), replacing the native Old French, all from Latin lupus.

Noun

loup m (plural loups)

1. wolf (animal)

Alternative forms

• loub

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laub, see also Old Saxon lōf, Old English lēaf, Old Norse lauf, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃 (laufs).

Noun

loup n

1. leaves

Alternative forms

• lowp (Southern Scots)

Etymology

From Middle English lopen, borrowed from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Doublet of lepe, which was inherited from Old English hlēapan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʌʊp/

Verb

loup (third-person singular simple present loups, present participle loupin, simple past loupit, past participle loupit)

1. to leap
   • 1786, Robert Burns, Address To The Toothache:

     I throw the wee stools o'er the mickle, / While round the fire the giglets keckle, / To see me loup

     I throw the little stools over the mickle, / While round the fire the children cackle, / To see me leap