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loup

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /luːp/

name

Etymology: From French loup (“wolf”): the language was attested in a notebook titled Mots loups ("wolf words") compiled by Jean-Claude Mathevet, a priest who worked among the Algonquians.

  1. The extinct Algonquian language varieties once spoken in colonial New England.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree German Luppebor. English loup Borrowed from German Luppe (“a lump of iron”).

  1. A mass or ball of iron in a pasty condition, beaten by the trip hammer or rolls.