How to pronounce lupine
American English pronunciation
LOO-pyne
- IPA
- /ˈluˌpaɪn/
- Syllables
- LOO · pyne (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What lupine means
Like a wolf, or having to do with wolves
In a sentence: The husky let out a lupine howl that made the campers sit up in their sleeping bags.
Where it comes from: It comes from "lupus," the Latin word for a wolf.
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