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lupins

English

Noun

lupins

  1. plural of lupin

French

Noun

lupins ?

  1. plural of lupin

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lupine

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lup?nus, from lupus (“wolf”). Piecewise doublet of wolven, Latin lupus being a cognate of wolf and -ine being a doublet of -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?lu?.pa?n/
  • Hyphenation: lu?pine
  • Rhymes: -u?pa?n

Adjective

lupine (comparative more lupine, superlative most lupine)

  1. Of, or pertaining to, the wolf.
  2. Wolflike; wolfish.
  3. Having the characteristics of a wolf.
  4. Ravenous.
Synonyms
  • (ravenous): ferocious, gluttonous, insatiable, rapacious, voracious
Translations

See also

  • canine
  • vulpine

Etymology 2

See lupin

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?lu?.p?n/

Noun

lupine (plural lupines)

  1. US form of lupin (any plant of the genus Lupinus; an edible legume seed of one of these plants).
Translations

Further reading

  • Lupinus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Lupinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Lupinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

  • Lupien, line up, line-up, lineup, pinule, unpile, up line, up-line, upline

Latin

Noun

lup?ne

  1. vocative singular of lup?nus

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