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{{also|Loup}}
==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|loop}}

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|de|Luppe||a lump of iron}}.

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A [[mass]] of [[iron]] in a [[pasty]] condition gathered into a [[ball]] for the [[tilt hammer]] or [[roll]]s.

{{Webster 1913}}

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==French==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fr|frm|loup}}, from a dialectal variant of {{der|fr|fro|leu}}, {{m|fro|lou}} (or reformed analogically from the feminine {{m|fr|louve}}), or perhaps borrowed from {{der|fr|pro|lop}}, replaced the native Old French, all from {{der|fr|la|lupus}}, from an Osco-Umbrian language, from {{der|fr|itc-pro|*lukʷos}}, metathesis of {{der|fr|ine-pro|*wĺ̥kʷos}}.
* Cognate with {{cog|it|lupo}}, {{cog|pt|lobo}}, {{cog|es|lobo}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|Fr-loup.ogg|audio|lang=fr}}
* {{rhymes|u|lang=fr}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m|f=louve}}

# [[wolf]]
# [[bass]] (fish)
# [[mask]], [[eyemask]]
# [[flaw]]

====Derived terms====
{{top2}}
* {{l|fr|à pas de loup}}
* {{l|fr|crier au loup}}
* {{l|fr|loup de mer}}
* {{l|fr|loup-garou}}
{{mid2}}
* {{l|fr|quand on parle du loup}}
* {{l|fr|voir le loup}}
* {{l|fr|avoir une faim de loup}}
{{bottom}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|fr|louveteau}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:TLFi}}

[[Category:fr:Canids]]
[[Category:fr:Male animals]]

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==Middle French==

===Etymology===
From a dialectal variant of {{der|frm|fro|leu}}, {{m|fro|lou}} (or reformed analogically from the feminine {{m|fr|louve}}), or perhaps borrowed from {{der|frm|pro|lop}}, replacing the native Old French, all from {{der|frm|la|lupus}}.

===Noun===
{{frm-noun|m}}

# [[wolf]] {{gloss|animal}}

[[Category:frm:Canids]]

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==Old High German==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|goh|gem-pro|*laubą}}, perhaps from {{der|goh|ine-pro|*lewp-||peel, break off}}, {{cog|osx|lōf}}, {{cog|ang|lēaf}}, {{cog|non|lauf}}, {{cog|got|𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍆𐍃}}.

===Noun===
{{goh-noun|n}}

# [[leaves]]

====Descendants====
* German: {{l|de|Laub}}

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==Scots==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|sco|lowp||South Scots}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sco|enm|lopen}}, borrowed from {{der|sco|non|hlaupa}}, from {{der|sco|gem-pro|*hlaupaną}}. {{doublet|sco|lepe}}, which was inherited from {{cog|ang|hlēapan}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/lʌʊp/|lang=sco}}

===Verb===
{{sco-verb|loups|loupin|loupit|loupit}}

# to [[leap]]