"loup-garou" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌlu.ɡəˈɹuː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-loup-garou.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-loup-garou.wav [US] Forms: loup-garous [plural], loups-garous [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French loup-garou. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|loup-garou}} French loup-garou Head templates: {{en-noun|s|loups-garous}} loup-garou (plural loup-garous or loups-garous)
  1. A werewolf. Wikipedia link: loup-garou Related terms: loogaroo, rougarou
    Sense id: en-loup-garou-en-noun-VfIKThiW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Werewolves

Noun [French]

IPA: /lu.ɡa.ʁu/ Audio: Fr-loup-garou.oga [Canada], LL-Pamputt-fra-loup-garou .wav Forms: loups-garous [plural], louve-garou [feminine]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French leu garoul, a pleonastic compound of leu (“wolf”) + garoul (“werewolf”); the latter from garulf, from Frankish *werawulf. Equivalent to loup + -garou. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|leu garoul|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French leu garoul, {{inh+|fr|fro|leu garoul}} Inherited from Old French leu garoul, {{m|fro|leu||wolf}} leu (“wolf”), {{m|fro|garoul||werewolf}} garoul (“werewolf”), {{m|fro|garulf}} garulf, {{der|fr|frk|*werawulf}} Frankish *werawulf, {{af|fr|loup|-garou}} loup + -garou Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|loups-garous|f=louve-garou}} loup-garou m (plural loups-garous, feminine louve-garou)
  1. werewolf Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Fantasy, Mythological creatures, Mythology
    Sense id: en-loup-garou-fr-noun-AASLpdc3 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -garou

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