"wererat" meaning in All languages combined

See wererat on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɪəɹæt/ [UK], /ˈwɛəɹæt/ [UK], /ˈwɛɹæt/ [US], /ˈwɪɹæt/ [US] Forms: wererats [plural]
Etymology: were- + rat Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|were|rat}} were- + rat Head templates: {{en-noun}} wererat (plural wererats)
  1. (fiction) A shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat. Categories (topical): Fiction Translations (shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat): weerrat [masculine] (Dutch), rat-garou [masculine] (French), 鼠人間 (nezumi ningen) (Japanese), 鼠男 (nezumi otoko) (Japanese), 人鼠 (jinso) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-wererat-en-noun-ujLjobQW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with were- Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wererat meaning in All languages combined (2.3kB)

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