"ogre" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈəʊ.ɡə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈoʊ.ɡɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ogre.ogg [US], en-au-ogre.ogg [Australia] Forms: ogres [plural]
enPR: ōʹgər Rhymes: -əʊɡə(ɹ) Etymology: First attested in the 18th century, borrowed from French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), from Ancient Greek Ὄρκος (Órkos), the personified demon of oaths (ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”)) who inflicts punishment upon oath-breakers. Doublet of orc. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂erk-}}, {{bor|en|fr|ogre}} French ogre, {{der|en|la|Orcus||god of the underworld}} Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), {{der|en|grc|Ὄρκος}} Ancient Greek Ὄρκος (Órkos), {{m|grc|ὅρκος||oath}} ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”), {{doublet|en|orc}} Doublet of orc Head templates: {{en-noun}} ogre (plural ogres)
  1. (mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh. Categories (topical): Mythology, Fantasy, Mythological creatures, People Translations (brutish giant): غُول (ḡūl) (Arabic), ogru [masculine] (Asturian), великан човекоядец (velikan čovekojadec) (Bulgarian), ဘီလူး (bhilu:) (Burmese), ogre [masculine] (Catalan), 食人魔 (shírénmó) (Chinese Mandarin), obr lidožrout [masculine] (Czech), zlobr [masculine] (Czech), oger (Dutch), ogro (Esperanto), jättiläinen (Finnish), jätti (Finnish), ogre [masculine] (French), orco [masculine] (Galician), urco [masculine] (Galician), papón [masculine] (Galician), coco [masculine] (Galician), Oger [masculine] (German), Menschenfresser [masculine] (German), δράκοντας (drákontas) (Greek), מפלצת (Hebrew), אוֹגֵר (oger) [masculine] (Hebrew), ogre (Hungarian), ogro (Ido), buto (Indonesian), orco [masculine] (Italian), (oni) (alt: おに) (Japanese), オーガ (ōga) (Japanese), irimũ [class-5] (Kikuyu), 오거 (ogeo) (Korean), cilvēkēdājs (Latvian), okundu (Luhya), ഓഗർ (ōgaṟ) (Malayalam), kākarepō (Maori), ork [masculine] (Mòcheno), dzimku [class-5, class-6] (Ngazidja Comorian), wiindigoo (Ojibwe), bulguu (Oromo), غول پیکر (Persian), غول (Persian), ogr [masculine] (Polish), ogro [masculine] (Portuguese), ogre [masculine] (Portuguese), căpcăun [masculine] (Romanian), велика́н-людое́д (velikán-ljudojéd) [masculine] (Russian), людое́д (ljudojéd) [masculine] (Russian), огр (ogr) [masculine] (Russian), ogrezlo (Serbo-Croatian), ၽီလူး (phǐi lúu) (Shan), ogro [masculine] (Spanish), pandikizi la mtu (Swahili), rese (Swedish), jätte [common-gender] (Swedish), ผีปอบ (Thai), yamyam (Turkish), огр (ohr) (Ukrainian) Translations (large beast): 怪物 (guàiwù) (Chinese Mandarin), ondier [neuter] (Dutch), hirviö (Finnish), Monster [neuter] (German), Ungeheuer [neuter] (German), 오거 (ogeo) (Korean), чудо́вище (čudóvišče) [neuter] (Russian), best (Swedish), odjur [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ogre-en-noun-zC~4TaxE Disambiguation of Fantasy: 80 20 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 76 24 Disambiguation of People: 62 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 96 4 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'brutish giant': 75 25 Disambiguation of 'large beast': 78 22
  2. (figuratively) A brutish man reminiscent of the mythical ogre. Tags: figuratively Translations (brutish man): غَشِيم (ḡašīm) (Arabic), boeman (Dutch), raakalainen (Finnish), Unmensch [masculine] (German), Brutalo [masculine] (German), brutamontes [common-gender, plural, singular] (Portuguese), зверь (zverʹ) [masculine] (Russian), чудо́вище (čudóvišče) [masculine] (Russian), и́зверг (ízverg) [masculine] (Russian), скот (skot) [masculine] (Russian), скоти́на (skotína) [feminine] (Russian), best (Swedish), troll (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ogre-en-noun-NmWu8BuP Disambiguation of 'brutish man': 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ogreish, ogrish, ogress, ogry

Inflected forms

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          "word": "オーガ"
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          "code": "ko",
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          "word": "오거"
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          "word": "cilvēkēdājs"
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          "word": "ഓഗർ"
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          "word": "kākarepō"
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          "word": "غول پیکر"
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          "word": "ผีปอบ"
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          "sense": "brutish giant",
          "word": "yamyam"
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          "word": "ondier"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "large beast",
          "word": "hirviö"
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      "word": "غُول"
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      "sense": "brutish giant",
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      "word": "oger"
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      "sense": "brutish giant",
      "word": "ogro"
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      "sense": "brutish giant",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "brutish giant",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "coco"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Oger"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "brutish giant",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Menschenfresser"
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      "word": "δράκοντας"
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      "word": "מפלצת"
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      "word": "buto"
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      "alt": "おに",
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      "sense": "brutish giant",
      "word": "鬼"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "ōga",
      "sense": "brutish giant",
      "word": "オーガ"
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      "code": "ki",
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      "word": "irimũ"
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      "sense": "brutish giant",
      "word": "오거"
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "brutish giant",
      "word": "cilvēkēdājs"
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      "lang": "Luhya",
      "sense": "brutish giant",
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      "sense": "brutish giant",
      "word": "ഓഗർ"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "brutish giant",
      "word": "kākarepō"
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      "word": "ork"
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      "code": "zdj",
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      "word": "wiindigoo"
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      "sense": "brutish giant",
      "word": "غول پیکر"
    },
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      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "brutish giant",
      "word": "غول"
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      "sense": "brutish giant",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "brutish giant",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ogro"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "brutish giant",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "велика́н-людое́д"
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      "sense": "brutish giant",
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      "word": "ogrezlo"
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      "code": "shn",
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      "roman": "phǐi lúu",
      "sense": "brutish giant",
      "word": "ၽီလူး"
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      "sense": "brutish giant",
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      "word": "ogro"
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "brutish giant",
      "word": "pandikizi la mtu"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "brutish giant",
      "word": "rese"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "brutish giant",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "jätte"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "brutish giant",
      "word": "ผีปอบ"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "brutish giant",
      "word": "yamyam"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "ohr",
      "sense": "brutish giant",
      "word": "огр"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ḡašīm",
      "sense": "brutish man",
      "word": "غَشِيم"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "brutish man",
      "word": "boeman"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "brutish man",
      "word": "raakalainen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "brutish man",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Unmensch"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "brutish man",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Brutalo"
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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zverʹ",
      "sense": "brutish man",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зверь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čudóvišče",
      "sense": "brutish man",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "чудо́вище"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ízverg",
      "sense": "brutish man",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "и́зверг"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skot",
      "sense": "brutish man",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скот"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skotína",
      "sense": "brutish man",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скоти́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "brutish man",
      "word": "best"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "brutish man",
      "word": "troll"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guàiwù",
      "sense": "large beast",
      "word": "怪物"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "large beast",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ondier"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large beast",
      "word": "hirviö"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large beast",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Monster"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large beast",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Ungeheuer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ogeo",
      "sense": "large beast",
      "word": "오거"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čudóvišče",
      "sense": "large beast",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "чудо́вище"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "large beast",
      "word": "best"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "large beast",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "odjur"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ogre"
  ],
  "word": "ogre"
}

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