Question 1

What does "chaloupe" mean in French?

Accepted Answer

A large boat used mainly in ports and roadsteads for transporting supplies, loads, etc.
A rowboat or motorboat carried on board ships to reach the shore or evacuate passengers.
An overshoe protecting shoes from snow and water.

Question 2

What is the plural of the French word "chaloupe"?

Accepted Answer

chaloupes

Question 3

Where does the French word "chaloupe" come from?

Accepted Answer

figurative use of the dialectal chalope, attested in Middle French with chaloppe, "nutshell, kernel pellicle" (see chalouppe, "shellfish"), derived by aphesis from the Old French eschaloppe ("shell"), itself derived from eschale (see écale) with the ending of enveloppe. The etymological connections of chaloupe with the Gascon radical calup, galup are obscure in case the two types would be linked.

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