Translation
wolf
Word origin
From Latin lupus, the same word Italian keeps as lupo. English lupine, wolf-like, comes from the same root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- lupus
- English cognates
- lupine
Examples
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The wolf lives in the forest.
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A wolf is a wild animal, similar to a dog.
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In the night we heard wolves.
is the fairy-tale regular, and Esperanto's proverb collection leans on it as hard as Europe's languages do: , farojn, the wolf changes its hairs but not its deeds. A she-wolf is o, a cub o, and lupe means wolfishly, should your appetite require it. Its domesticated cousin sits one shelf over.
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