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lupus

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈluːpəs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • lo͝o'pəs
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈluːpəs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈlupəs/
  • Texas: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈlʉːpəs/
  • rhymes with -uːpəs
  • CMU ARPABET: L UW1 P AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A city and village in Missouri, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Centaurus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: constellation

5

noun

Meaning 5

any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skin disease, disease of the skin, skin disorder

Narrower terms: lupus vulgaris, discoid lupus erythematosus, DLE, lupus erythematosus, LE, systemic lupus erythematosus, SLE, disseminated lupus erythematosus

History

Etymology

From Latin lupus (“wolf”).

Borrowed from Latin lupus (“wolf”). Doublet of lobo and wolf.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ተኩላ (täkula) — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Arabic: اَلذِّئْب (aḏ-ḏiʔb) — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Bengali: নেকড়ে (nekoṛe) — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Chinese Cantonese: 豺狼座 (caai4 long4 zo6) — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Chinese Mandarin: 豺狼座 (Cháilángzuò) — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Esperanto: Lupo — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Finnish: Susi — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • French: Loup — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Galician: Lobo — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • German: Wolf — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Greek: Λύκος (Lýkos) — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Ancient Greek: Θηρίον (Thēríon) — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Hebrew: זְאֵב (z'év) — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Hindi: भेड़िया (bheṛiyā) — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Hindi: वृक (vŕk) — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Irish: an Faolchú — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Japanese: 狼座 (Ōkamiza) — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Japanese: おおかみ座 (Ōkamiza) — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Korean: 늑대자리 (Neukdaejari) — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Latin: Lupus — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Latin: Bestia — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Malay: Serigala — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Polish: Wilk — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Portuguese: Lobo — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Portuguese: Lupus — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Russian: Волк (Volk) — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Spanish: Lupus — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Spanish: Lobo — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Telugu: తొండేలురాశి (toṇḍēlurāśi) — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Tibetan: སྦྱང་ཀུ (sbyang ku) — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Urdu: بھیڑیا (bheṛiyā) — summer constellation of the southern sky
  • Arabic: ذِئْبَة (ḏiʔba) — autoimmune disease
  • Azerbaijani: övrə — autoimmune disease
  • Azerbaijani: qurdeşənəyi — autoimmune disease
  • Bulgarian: вълча́нка (vǎlčánka) — autoimmune disease
  • Bulgarian: ко̀жна туберкуло̀за (kòžna tuberkulòza) — autoimmune disease
  • Bulgarian: лу́пус (lúpus) — autoimmune disease
  • Catalan: lupus — autoimmune disease
  • Chinese Mandarin: 狼瘡 /狼疮 (lángchuāng) — autoimmune disease
  • Dutch: wolfszweer — autoimmune disease
  • Dutch: huidaandoening — autoimmune disease
  • Esperanto: lupuso — autoimmune disease
  • Finnish: lupus — autoimmune disease
  • French: lupus — autoimmune disease
  • Galician: lupus — autoimmune disease
  • Georgian: მგლურა (mglura) — autoimmune disease
  • German: Lupus — autoimmune disease
  • Greek: λύκος (lýkos) — autoimmune disease
  • Hebrew: זָאֶבֶת (za'évet) — autoimmune disease
  • Hungarian: lupusz — autoimmune disease
  • Hungarian: lupus — autoimmune disease
  • Italian: lupus — autoimmune disease
  • Polish: toczeń — autoimmune disease
  • Polish: wilk — autoimmune disease
  • Portuguese: lúpus — autoimmune disease
  • Romanian: lupus — autoimmune disease
  • Russian: волча́нка (volčánka) — autoimmune disease
  • Serbo-Croatian: zverinac — autoimmune disease
  • Spanish: lupus — autoimmune disease
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