"garou" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ɡa.ʁu/ Audio: LL-Pamputt-fra-loup-garou .wav Forms: garous [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French garou, from Old French garoul, garval, garvalf, garwaf, garwall (Marie de France, c. 1175, Old Northern French), guarou, guaroul, wareu, wareul, warou (“werewolf”), from Frankish *werawulf. OED suggests the French being from Old Norse vargulfr, which however occurs only in the translation of Marie's lay of Bisclavret. In sense 2, back-formation from loup-garou (“werewolf”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|garou|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French garou, {{inh+|fr|frm|garou}} Inherited from Middle French garou, {{inh|fr|fro|garoul}} Old French garoul, {{circa|1175}} c. 1175, {{der|fr|frk|*werawulf}} Frankish *werawulf, {{der|fr|non|vargulfr}} Old Norse vargulfr, {{back-form|fr|loup-garou|nocap=1|t=werewolf}} back-formation from loup-garou (“werewolf”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} garou m (plural garous)
  1. (archaic) werewolf Tags: archaic, masculine
    Sense id: en-garou-fr-noun-AASLpdc3
  2. (in combination) were- (used like a suffix) Tags: in-compounds, masculine
    Sense id: en-garou-fr-noun-0OiTBRey Categories (other): French back-formations Disambiguation of French back-formations: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɡa.ʁu/ Audio: LL-Pamputt-fra-loup-garou .wav Forms: garous [plural]
Etymology: Alternative form of garoupe Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} garou m (plural garous)
  1. daphne, any plant of the species of genus Daphne, particularly spurge olive (Daphne mezereum) as well as Cneorum tricoccon and the flax-leaved daphne (Daphne gnidium) Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Malvales order plants
    Sense id: en-garou-fr-noun-j5rYgLok Disambiguation of Malvales order plants: 3 15 83 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 24 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 28 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 22 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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