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loup-garou

loup-garou

English

Noun

loup-garou (plural loup-garous)

  1. A werewolf.
    • Brinton
      The superstition of the loup-garou, or werewolf, belongs to the folklore of most modern nations, and has its reflex in the story of "Little Red Riding-hood" and others.

French

Etymology

From Old French leu garoul, compound of leu (wolf) + garoul (werewolf), from warous, from Frankish wari wulf.

Note that etymologically, the term is a pleonasm – “wolf-werewolf” – as reflected in the /u/ /u/ rhyme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lu.ɡa.ʁu/

Noun

loup-garou m (plural loups-garous)

  1. werewolf