korrigan

See also: Korrigan

English

Etymology

Breton korr (“dwarf”, literally “little dwarf”).

Noun

korrigan (plural korrigans)

1. A long-haired nocturnal and often malevolent Breton fairy princess.
   • 1945, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, HarperCollins, published 2019, →ISBN, page 9:

     A continental Celtic female fairy called a corrigan, malevolent, sometimes seductive.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁi.ɡɑ̃/

Noun

korrigan m (plural korrigans, feminine korrigane)

1. Male korrigan

Further reading

• “korrigan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.