huppe – French noun declension

French noun forms of huppe

Noun: huppe
Gender: f Hyphenation:
Singular fhuppe
Plural fhuppes

Sample Sentences

  • C’est un assez grand oiseau, de 45 cent. de long, au plumage blanc éclatant. La huppe, les plumes qui recouvrent les oreilles, le milieu du ventre, les ailes et la partie radicale de la face interne des pennes caudales sont jaunes de soufre pâle ; le bec est noir ; les pattes sont d’un brun grisâtre. (It is a fairly large bird, 45 cm. in length, with sparkling white plumage. The crest, the ear coverts, the centre of the belly, the wings and the base of the underside of the tail feathers are pale sulphur-yellow; the beak is black; the feet are greyish-brown.) [1873, A. E. Brehm, “Le cacatoës à huppe jaune [The sulphur-crested cockatoo]”, in La vie des animaux:]

Etymology

From Latin upupa, via the syncopated Vulgar Latin ūppa. See: Latin Nouns 'upupa'.

Verbs referencing "huppe"

Romanian Nouns pupăză.

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