What does loupe in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word loupe in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use loupe in French.

The word loupe in French means magnifying glass, laziness, idling, flawed stone, wen, mistake, slip, slip-up, miss, mess up, miss, go wrong, miss each other, miss one another, botch, bungle, using a magnifiying glass, meticulously, binocular loupe, scrutinize. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word loupe

magnifying glass

nom féminin (verre grossissant) (instrument)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le philatéliste utilise la loupe pour lire sur les timbres.
The philatelist is using the magnifying glass to read the stamps.

laziness, idling

nom féminin (argot, vieilli (paresse)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il est très fort pour la loupe, ce fainéant !
He's really good at idling, that slacker!

flawed stone

nom féminin (pierre précieuse imparfaite) (gem)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
C'est une belle loupe de saphir.
It's a beautiful flawed sapphire stone.

wen

nom féminin (kyste du crâne)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La loupe se forme sur le cuir chevelu.
Wen forms on the scalp.

mistake, slip, slip-up

nom masculin (familier (erreur, chose manquée)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Comme les acteurs ne connaissaient pas bien leur texte, il y a eu des loupés.

miss

verbe transitif (familier (rater, manquer)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Pour une minute de retard, j'ai loupé mon train.
I was just one minute late, but I missed my train.

mess up

verbe transitif (familier (ne pas réussir, échouer à) (informal)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Evan a loupé son examen de fin d'année. Julien a loupé sa mayonnaise, elle est retombée.
Evan flunked his end-of-year exam.

miss

verbe transitif (familier (manquer une opportunité)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Eh voilà ! tu as encore loupé une bonne occasion de te taire.
And there we have it. You have once again passed up a great opportunity to keep your mouth shut!

go wrong

verbe intransitif (familier (ne pas réussir, échouer)

Si tu t'y prends comme ça, tout va louper ! Les bons plans de Frédéric loupent une fois sur deux.
Frederic's great ideas go awry as often as not.

miss each other, miss one another

verbe pronominal (familier (ne pas être en même temps au même endroit)

C'est bête ! On s'est loupés de cinq minutes.
It's so annoying! We missed each other by five minutes.

botch, bungle

verbe pronominal (familier (manquer une tentative de suicide) (suicide)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Il a voulu se suicider mais il s'est loupé.
He wanted to commit suicide but he botched it.

using a magnifiying glass

locution adverbiale (à l'aide d'une loupe)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

meticulously

locution adverbiale (figuré (minutieusement)

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")

binocular loupe

nom féminin (optique : dispositif d'agrandissement)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

scrutinize

locution verbale (examiner minutieusement)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

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