loup-garou
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French loup-garou.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editloup-garou (plural loup-garous or loups-garous)
- A werewolf.
- 2013, Elliott James, Pushing Luck:
- In this respect, it is always a full moon for a loup-garou. They are never more than half-sane to begin with, and they tend to become increasingly unstable over time.
See also
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French leu garoul, a pleonastic compound of leu (“wolf”) + garoul (“werewolf”); the latter from garulf, from Frankish *werawulf. Equivalent to loup + -garou.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editloup-garou m (plural loups-garous, feminine louve-garou)
Descendants
edit- → English: loup-garou
Further reading
edit- “loup-garou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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