ogre

See also Ogre

English

WOTD – 11 April 2009    

Wikipedia

Etymology

First attested in the 18th century, from French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), from Ancient Greek Όρκος (Horkos), the personified demon of oaths (ὅρκος (“oath”)) who inflicts punishment upon perjurers.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈəʊ.ɡə/
• (US) enPR: ōʹgûr, IPA: /ˈoʊ.ɡɚ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊɡə(r)

Noun

ogre (plural ogres)

1. (mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
2. (figuratively) A brutish man whose behavior resembles that of the mythical ogre.

Translations

brutish giant

• Asturian: ogru (ast) m
• Catalan: ogre (ca) m
• Chinese: 食人魔 (shí rén mó)
• Czech: obr lidožrout (cs) m, zlobr (cs) m
• Dutch: oger (nl)
• Finnish: jättiläinen (fi), jätti (fi)
• Galician: ogro (gl) m
• German: Oger (de)
• Hungarian: ogre (hu)
• Ido: ogro (io)
• Italian: orco (it) m

• Japanese: 鬼 (ja) (おに, oni)
• Korean: 오거 (ko) (ogeo)
• Latvian: cilvēkēdājs (lv)
• Luhya: okundu
• Maori: kākarepō (mi)
• Mòcheno: ork
• Ojibwe: wiindigoo
• Polish: ogr (pl) m
• Portuguese: ogro (pt) m, ogre (pt) m
• Spanish: ogro (es) m
• Swahili: pandikizi la mtu (sw)
• Swedish: rese (sv)

brutish man

• Dutch: boeman (nl)

• Finnish: raakalainen (fi)

large beast

• Finnish: hirviö (fi)

• Korean: 오거 (ko)

Related terms

• ogreish, ogrish
• ogress
• ogry

Anagrams

• ergo
• goer
• gore
• rego

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔɡʁ/

Etymology

From Latin Orcus.

Noun

ogre m (plural ogres; feminine ogresse, plural ogresses)

1. (mythology) ogre

Derived terms

• l'ogre de Corse (“Napoleon Bonaparte”)

Anagrams

• orge