tarasque

English

Noun

tarasque (plural tarasques)

1. (mythology) A mythical European dragon.

Derived terms

• tarrasque

Anagrams

• squarate

French

Noun

tarasque f (plural tarasques)

1. a fearsome legendary dragon-like mythological hybrid from Provence, in southern France, tamed in stories about Saint Martha, such as the one told in the Jacobus de Voragine's Golden Legend (13th century)

Noun

tarasque m (uncountable)

1. Tarascan

Further reading

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