le
/lu/
Translation
wolf
Word origin
From Latin lupus ('wolf'). The regular Old French outcome was leu, still visible in the phrase a la queue leu leu, and loup is a later spelling remodelled on the Latin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- lupus
- English cognates
- lupine
Grammar
Examples
aperçu .
A wolf was spotted near the village.
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The wolf howls at the moon.
meute.
Wolves live and hunt in packs.
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She read her children a story about a wolf.
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Speak of the wolf and you see its tail (the French version of "speak of the devil").
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