"ogre" meaning in French

See ogre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɔɡʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-ogre.wav Forms: ogres [plural], ogresse [feminine]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French ogre, itself probably an alteration, with influence from words like bougre, of an earlier form *orc, from Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”), with metathesis. According to the Trésor de la langue française informatisé, first attested in the late 12th century meaning 'fierce non-Christian', and ca. 1300 meaning 'human-eating giant' (in fairy tales). Cognate with Old Spanish huerco (“the Devil”), Spanish huerco (“depressed man in the dark”), Italian orco (“ogre, orc”). Doublet of orque. See also French lutin (“imp, pixie”), possibly from Old French netun (“marine monster”), derived from Latin Neptūnus, and also Old French gene (“mischievous fairy”) and Romanian zână (“fairy”), both inherited forms of Latin Diāna. A sermon by Merovingian French bishop St. Eligius (died 659) advises people against belief in Neptune, Diana, Orcus and Minerva. Etymology templates: {{root|fr|ine-pro|*h₂erk-}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|ogre|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French ogre, {{inh+|fr|fro|ogre}} Inherited from Old French ogre, {{inh|fr|la|Orcus||the underworld; the god Pluto}} Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”), {{glossary|metathesis}} metathesis, {{cog|osp|huerco||the Devil}} Old Spanish huerco (“the Devil”), {{cog|es|huerco||depressed man in the dark}} Spanish huerco (“depressed man in the dark”), {{cog|it|orco||ogre, orc}} Italian orco (“ogre, orc”), {{doublet|fr|orque}} Doublet of orque, {{noncog|fr|lutin||imp, pixie}} French lutin (“imp, pixie”), {{noncog|fro|netun||marine monster}} Old French netun (“marine monster”), {{m+|la|Neptūnus}} Latin Neptūnus, {{noncog|fro|gene||mischievous fairy}} Old French gene (“mischievous fairy”), {{noncog|ro|zână||fairy}} Romanian zână (“fairy”), {{m+|la|Diāna}} Latin Diāna Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=ogresse}} ogre m (plural ogres, feminine ogresse)
  1. (mythology) ogre Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Mythology Derived forms: l’ogre de Corse (english: Napoleon Bonaparte), manger comme un ogre, ogrerie, ogresque

Inflected forms

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          "name": "desc"
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          "name": "desc"
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        "French terms derived from Old French",
        "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂erk-",
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        "French terms inherited from Old French",
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        "fr:Mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ogre"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "ogre",
          "ogre#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mythology) ogre"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɔɡʁ/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "ogre"
}

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