louveterie
French, noun
louveterie is spelled L-O-U-V-E-T-E-R-I-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 110,748th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Louveterie is a French feminine noun meaning “wolf-hunting guild” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, louvèterie is a different word: “post-1990 spelling of louveterie”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Équipage pour la chasse au loup”.
What does louveterie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewolf-hunting guild
- 2
femininewolf hunting
noun
- 1
femininepost-1990 spelling of louveterie
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Équipage pour la chasse au loup. 2. Chasse au loup et, par extension, à d’autres espèces considérées ou perçues comme nuisibles. 3. Lieu destiné à loger cet équipage.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de louveterie.
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 louveterie
- louveteries plural
- louvèterie alternative
- louvèteries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is louveterie in French?
louveterie appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).