"loup" meaning in French

See loup in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lu/ Audio: Fr-loup.ogg Forms: loups [plural], louve [feminine]
Rhymes: -u 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. Etymology templates: {{dercat|fr|frm|fro|la|itc-sbl|ine-pro}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|loup|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French loup, {{inh+|fr|frm|loup}} Inherited from Middle French loup, {{der|fr|fro|leu}} Old French leu, {{der|fr|la|lupus|t=wolf}} Latin lupus (“wolf”), {{cog|it|lupo}} Italian lupo, {{cog|pt,es|lobo}} Portuguese and Spanish lobo Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=louve}} loup m (plural loups, feminine louve)
  1. wolf Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Wolves
    Sense id: en-loup-fr-noun-92thuWLb Disambiguation of Wolves: 49 2 38 11
  2. bass (fish) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-loup-fr-noun-V9SjMgwv
  3. mask, eyemask Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Canids, Male animals
    Sense id: en-loup-fr-noun-Z0j8DotZ Disambiguation of Canids: 41 3 53 4 Disambiguation of Male animals: 4 4 86 5 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 84 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 5 5 73 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 83 11
  4. flaw Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-loup-fr-noun-AxoEJ7I3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Loup, louveteau, loup-garou

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "à pas de loup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "avoir une faim de loup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "crier au loup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "entre chien et loup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "faire noir comme chez le loup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "loulou"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "loup de mer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "loup fouisseur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "loup-garou"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "l’homme est un loup pour l’homme"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "quand on parle du loup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "se jeter dans la gueule du loup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "voir le loup"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ht",
            "2": "lou"
          },
          "expansion": "Haitian Creole: lou",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Haitian Creole: lou"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mfe",
            "2": "lulu",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Mauritian Creole: lulu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Mauritian Creole: lulu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "crs",
            "2": "loulou",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Seychellois Creole: loulou",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Seychellois Creole: loulou"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "loo",
            "3": ";",
            "4": "Loup",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: loo; Loup",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: loo; Loup"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "fro",
        "4": "la",
        "5": "itc-sbl",
        "6": "ine-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "loup",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French loup",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "loup"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle French loup",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "leu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French leu",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "lupus",
        "t": "wolf"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lupus (“wolf”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "lupo"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian lupo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt,es",
        "2": "lobo"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese and Spanish lobo",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).\nCognate with Italian lupo; Portuguese and Spanish lobo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "loups",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "louve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "louve"
      },
      "expansion": "loup m (plural loups, feminine louve)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Loup"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "louveteau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "loup-garou"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 2 38 11",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Wolves",
          "orig": "fr:Wolves",
          "parents": [
            "Canids",
            "Carnivores",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a young wolf",
          "text": "un jeune loup",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wolf"
      ],
      "id": "en-loup-fr-noun-92thuWLb",
      "links": [
        [
          "wolf",
          "wolf"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bass (fish)"
      ],
      "id": "en-loup-fr-noun-V9SjMgwv",
      "links": [
        [
          "bass",
          "bass"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 84 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 73 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 83 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 3 53 4",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Canids",
          "orig": "fr:Canids",
          "parents": [
            "Carnivores",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 86 5",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Male animals",
          "orig": "fr:Male animals",
          "parents": [
            "Animals",
            "Male",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Gender",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mask, eyemask"
      ],
      "id": "en-loup-fr-noun-Z0j8DotZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "mask",
          "mask"
        ],
        [
          "eyemask",
          "eyemask"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "flaw"
      ],
      "id": "en-loup-fr-noun-AxoEJ7I3",
      "links": [
        [
          "flaw",
          "flaw"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lu/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-loup.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/Fr-loup.ogg/Fr-loup.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Fr-loup.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-u"
    }
  ],
  "word": "loup"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "French 1-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Middle French",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Osco-Umbrian languages",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "French terms inherited from Middle French",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:French/u",
    "Rhymes:French/u/1 syllable",
    "fr:Canids",
    "fr:Male animals",
    "fr:Wolves"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "à pas de loup"
    },
    {
      "word": "avoir une faim de loup"
    },
    {
      "word": "crier au loup"
    },
    {
      "word": "entre chien et loup"
    },
    {
      "word": "faire noir comme chez le loup"
    },
    {
      "word": "loulou"
    },
    {
      "word": "loup de mer"
    },
    {
      "word": "loup fouisseur"
    },
    {
      "word": "loup-garou"
    },
    {
      "word": "l’homme est un loup pour l’homme"
    },
    {
      "word": "quand on parle du loup"
    },
    {
      "word": "se jeter dans la gueule du loup"
    },
    {
      "word": "voir le loup"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ht",
            "2": "lou"
          },
          "expansion": "Haitian Creole: lou",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Haitian Creole: lou"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mfe",
            "2": "lulu",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Mauritian Creole: lulu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Mauritian Creole: lulu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "crs",
            "2": "loulou",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Seychellois Creole: loulou",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Seychellois Creole: loulou"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "loo",
            "3": ";",
            "4": "Loup",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: loo; Loup",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: loo; Loup"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "fro",
        "4": "la",
        "5": "itc-sbl",
        "6": "ine-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French loup",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "loup"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle French loup",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "leu"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "lupus",
        "t": "wolf"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lupus (“wolf”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "lupo"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian lupo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt,es",
        "2": "lobo"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese and Spanish lobo",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).\nCognate with Italian lupo; Portuguese and Spanish lobo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "loups",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "louve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "louve"
      },
      "expansion": "loup m (plural loups, feminine louve)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Loup"
    },
    {
      "word": "louveteau"
    },
    {
      "word": "loup-garou"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "a young wolf",
          "text": "un jeune loup",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wolf"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wolf",
          "wolf"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bass (fish)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bass",
          "bass"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mask, eyemask"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mask",
          "mask"
        ],
        [
          "eyemask",
          "eyemask"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "flaw"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flaw",
          "flaw"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lu/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-loup.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/Fr-loup.ogg/Fr-loup.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Fr-loup.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-u"
    }
  ],
  "word": "loup"
}

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