louveteau
French, noun/luv.to/
louveteau is spelled L-O-U-V-E-T-E-A-U (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 86,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Louveteau is a French masculine noun meaning “wolf cub” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit du loup et de la louve”.
What does louveteau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewolf cub
- 2
masculineCub Scout, Cub, Wolf Cub
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit du loup et de la louve. 2. Enfant sauvage, livré à lui-même. 3. Scout âgé de 8 à 12 ans. Les filles du même âge sont nommées louvettes ou louvetelles. 4. Coin de fer utilisé pour bloquer la louve (instrument de levage).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of louveteau
- louveteaux plural
- louvetelle feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce louveteau?
- /luv.to/
- \luv.to\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to louveteau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is louveteau in French?
louveteau appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).