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loup¹

  • /luːp/

Sounds like loop

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Luppe (“a lump of iron”).

noun loups · loop

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

Loup²

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun

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

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"loup." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/loup. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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loup. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/loup

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"loup." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/loup.

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@misc{loup_2026,
  title = {loup},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/loup},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}