loup in Middle French

Forms: loups [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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. Etymology templates: {{der|frm|fro|leu}} Old French leu, {{der|frm|la|lupus}} Latin lupus Head templates: {{head|frm|noun|||plural|loups||{{{pl2}}}||{{{f}}}||{{{f}}}s|f1accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} loup m (plural loups), {{frm-noun|m}} loup m (plural loups)

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    {
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        },
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          ],
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        },
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        },
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          "lang_code": "en",
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            "borrowed"
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        },
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          "word": "Loup"
        }
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    }
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      "name": "der"
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      },
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    }
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      ]
    }
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          "name": "Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
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        "wolf (animal)"
      ],
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          "wolf"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "loup"
}

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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
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          "word": "lou"
        },
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            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
          ],
          "word": "lulu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Seychellois Creole",
          "lang_code": "crs",
          "raw_tags": [
            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
          ],
          "word": "loulou"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "loo"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Loup"
        }
      ],
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      "word": "loup"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "lupus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lupus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "loup m (plural loups)",
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  "lang": "Middle French",
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        "Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Middle French masculine nouns",
        "Middle French nouns",
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        "Middle French terms derived from Old French",
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        "frm:Canids"
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      "glosses": [
        "wolf (animal)"
      ],
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          "wolf"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "loup"
}

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"loup" meaning in Middle French

Noun