Usage Note
Loup is silent at the end — pronounced 'loo', not 'loop'. The feminine is louve. The expression avoir une faim de loup means 'to be ravenously hungry' (literally 'wolf's hunger'). Il faut hurler avec les loups ('one must howl with the wolves') is a proverb meaning you adapt to your surroundings.
Examples
"On a entendu un loup dans la forêt."
Natural Translation
We heard a wolf in the forest.
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