lupin

English

Wikispecies

Garden lupins (Russel hybrid)

Alternative forms

• lupine (US)
• lupini

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French lupin, from Latin lupinus (“pertaining to the wolf”). The reason for association of the plant with the wolf is unclear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːpɪn/
• Rhymes: -uːpɪn

Noun

lupin (plural lupins)

1. Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.
2. A lupin bean, a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually Lupinus luteus) which is commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although it is toxic if prepared improperly.

Translations

any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae

• Esperanto: lupeno
• Finnish: lupiini (fi)
• French: lupin (fr) m
• German: Lupine (de) f
• Greek: λούπινο (el) n (loúpino)
• Italian: lupino (it) m
• Lithuanian: lubinas
• Maori: rūpini
• Norman: pais lupîn m

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lupin (no) m

  Nynorsk: lupin m

• Polish: łubin (pl) m
• Portuguese: tremoço (pt) m
• Romanian: lupin (ro) m
• Russian: люпи́н (ru) m (ljupín)
• Spanish: altramuz (es) m

an edible lupine seed

• Arabic: ترمس‎ (turmus)
• Finnish: lupiininsiemen

• French: lupin (fr)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lupinus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ly.pɛ̃/

Adjective

lupin (feminine singular lupine, masculine plural lupins, feminine plural lupines)

1. lupine

Noun

lupin m (plural lupins)

1. lupin

Related terms

• loup

Further reading

• “lupin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin lupinus

Noun

lupin m (definite singular lupinen, indefinite plural lupiner, definite plural lupinene)

1. a lupin, or lupine (US)

References

• “lupin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin lupinus

Noun

lupin m (definite singular lupinen, indefinite plural lupinar, definite plural lupinane)

1. a lupin, or lupine (US)

References

• “lupin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.