lupeux
French, noun/ly.pø/
lupeux is spelled L-U-P-E-U-X (6 letters). Lupeux is a French masculine noun meaning “a malicious imp of boglands, trying to drown travelers, often with demonic and lycanthropic traits” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être lycanthrope, à tête de loup et à voix humaine, qui attire les voyageurs dans les fondrières”.
What does lupeux mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea malicious imp of boglands, trying to drown travelers, often with demonic and lycanthropic traits
- 2
masculineobsoletea person suffering from lupus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Être lycanthrope, à tête de loup et à voix humaine, qui attire les voyageurs dans les fondrières.
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.
How do you pronounce lupeux?
- /ly.pø/
- \ly.pø\
- [ly.pø]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.