loulou
See also: Loulou
French
Etymology
From loup (“wolf”) by reduplication.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lu.lu/
Noun
loulou m (plural loulous)
- (endearing) spitz (dog)
- (informal) sweetie, darling, honey (a term of affection, literally "little wolf")
- Coordinate term: (feminine) louloute
- (informal) young boy
- (informal) a guy
- (informal) a young delinquent
Derived terms
Further reading
- Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “loulou”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette
- “loulou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Seychellois Creole
Etymology
From French loup (by reduplication) or le loup (by assimilation).
Noun
loulou
References
- D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN