Question 1

Where does the French word "chaloupe" come from?

Accepted Answer

Figurative use of the dialectal chalope, attested in Middle French with chaloppe, "walnut shell, kernel skin" (see chalouppe, "shellfish"), derived by apheresis from Old French eschalope ("shell"), itself derived from eschale (see écale) with the ending of enveloppe. The etymological relationships of chaloupe with the Gascon radical calup, galup are obscure in the event that the two types are related.

Question 2

What does "chaloupe" mean in French?

Accepted Answer

First person singular of the present indicative of chalouper.
Third person singular of the present indicative of chalouper.
First person singular of the present subjunctive of chalouper.
Third person singular of the present subjunctive of chalouper.
Second person singular of the imperative of chalouper.

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