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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English werwolf, from Old English werwulf (“werewoulf”, literally “man-wolf”), equivalent to wer + wolf or were- + wolf. Cognate with Dutch waarwolf (“werewolf”), Middle Low German werwulf, werwolf, warwulf (“werewolf”), German Werwolf (“werewolf”), Danish varulv (“werewolf”), Swedish varulv (“werewolf”). Compare also French garou, in loup-garou (“werewolf”), French dialectal gairou, varou (“werewolf”), Medieval Latin gerulphus, garulphus (“werewolf”) (< Germanic).
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK) IPA: /ˈwɛːwʊlf/, /ˈwɪəwʊlf/
- (US) IPA: /ˈwɛərwʊlf/, /ˈwɪərwʊlf/, /ˈwɜrwʊlf/
werewolf (plural werewolves)
- (mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon.
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wolflike human
- Albanian: luqerbull (sq) m
- Armenian: մարդագայլ (hy) (mardagayl)
- Bulgarian: вълколак (bg) (vǎlkolak)
- Catalan: home llop (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 狼人 (cmn) (lángrén)
- Cornish: gourvlyth (kw)
- Czech: vlkodlak (cs) m
- Danish: varulv (da)
- Dutch: weerwolf (nl) m
- Esperanto: lupfantomo (eo)
- Estonian: libahunt (et)
- Faroese: varúlvur (fo)
- Finnish: ihmissusi (fi)
- French: loup-garou (fr), garou (fr) (archaic), lycanthrope (fr)
- Galician: lobishome (gl) m, licántropo (gl) m
- German: Werwolf (de) m, Lykanthrop (de)
- Greek: λυκάνθρωπος (el) (lykánthropos) m
- Hungarian: farkasember (hu), vérfarkas (hu)
- Icelandic: varúlfur (is)
- Italian: licantropo (it) m, lupo mannaro (it), uomo-lupo (it)
- Japanese: 狼男 (ja) (おおかみおとこ, ōkamiotoko), 人狼 (ja) (じんろう, jinrō)
- Jèrriais: ouothou m
- Korean: 늑대인간 (ko) (neukdae-ingan)
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- Latgalian: vylkataks m, vylkatece f
- Latin: lycanthropus (la), lupinotuum (la)
- Latvian: vilkacis (lv), vilkatis (lv), vilkateks (lv), kadars (lv)
- Limburgish: waerwouf (li)
- Lithuanian: vilktakas (lt) m, vilkolakis (lt) m
- Low German: Węrwulf (nds) m, Werwulf (nds) m
- Norwegian: varulv (no) m
- Persian: گرگینه (fa) (gorgine)
- Polish: wilkołak (pl) m
- Portuguese: lobisomem (pt) m, licantropo (pt)
- Romanian: pricolici (ro)
- Russian: волкулак (ru) (volkulák) m, оборотень (ru) (óboroten') m, волколак (ru) (volkolák) m, вервольф (ru) (vervól'f) m
- Scottish Gaelic: fear-faol (gd) m
- Serbo-Croatian: vukòdlak (sh) m
- Slovak: vlkolak (sk) m
- Slovene: volkodlak (sl)
- Spanish: hombre lobo (es) m, licántropo (es) m, lobisón (es) m
- Swahili: nusumbwa (sw), mtu-mbwa (sw)
- Swedish: varulv (sv)
- Turkish: kurt adam (tr)
- Vietnamese: người sói (vi), ma sói (vi)
- Walloon: leu-waerou (wa), waerleu (wa)
- Welsh: bleidd-ddyn (cy)
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