lupine

See also: Lupine

English

taxidermy wolf (Canis lupus lupus) in a lupine pose

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lupīnus, from lupus (“wolf”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈluː.paɪn/
Hyphenation: lu‧pine
Rhymes: -uːpaɪn

Adjective

lupine (comparative more lupine, superlative most lupine)

Of, or pertaining to, the wolf.
Wolflike; wolfish.
Having the characteristics of a wolf.
Ravenous.

Synonyms

(ravenous): ferocious, gluttonous, insatiable, rapacious, voracious

Translations

wolf-like

Finnish: susimainen
French: lupin (fr)
German: wölfisch
Malay: serigala

Occitan: lupin, alobatit, alobit
Romanian: lupesc (ro)
Russian: во́лчий (ru) (vólčij)

having the characteristics of a wolf

Esperanto: lupa (eo)
Finnish: susimainen
French: lupin (fr)

German: wölfisch
Occitan: lupin, alobatit
Russian: во́лчий (ru) (vólčij)

ravenous

Finnish: ahnas (fi)
French: vorace (fr)

German: mit Bärenhunger, unersättlich
Occitan: alobatit, voraç

See also

Noun

a lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus

lupine (plural lupines)

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

Translations

lupin — see lupin

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

lupīne

vocative singular of lupīnus

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