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loup

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /luːp/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: loop
  • CMU ARPABET: L UW1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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History

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.

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