loup-garou
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French loup-garou.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˌlu.ɡəˈɹuː/
Noun [edit]
loup-garou (plural loup-garous)
- A werewolf
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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 [edit]
- IPA: /lu.ɡa.ʁu/
Noun [edit]
loup-garou m (plural loups-garous)
