"were-" meaning in Anglais

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Préfixes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "werebear"
    },
    {
      "word": "werecat"
    },
    {
      "word": "werecreature"
    },
    {
      "word": "weredog"
    },
    {
      "word": "werefox"
    },
    {
      "word": "werehyena"
    },
    {
      "word": "wereleopard"
    },
    {
      "word": "werepanther"
    },
    {
      "word": "wererabbit"
    },
    {
      "word": "wererat"
    },
    {
      "word": "weretiger"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Dérivation régressive de werewolf (« loup-garou ») considéré comme composé de were- et de wolf (« loup »)."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "pos_title": "Préfixe",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A werebear.",
          "translation": "Un ours-garou."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Garou."
      ],
      "id": "fr-were--en-prefix-bzNRJ8BG"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈwɛɹ\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈwɪɹ\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈwɝ\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈwɛə\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈwɪə\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "morpheme"
  ],
  "word": "were-"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Préfixes en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "werebear"
    },
    {
      "word": "werecat"
    },
    {
      "word": "werecreature"
    },
    {
      "word": "weredog"
    },
    {
      "word": "werefox"
    },
    {
      "word": "werehyena"
    },
    {
      "word": "wereleopard"
    },
    {
      "word": "werepanther"
    },
    {
      "word": "wererabbit"
    },
    {
      "word": "wererat"
    },
    {
      "word": "weretiger"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Dérivation régressive de werewolf (« loup-garou ») considéré comme composé de were- et de wolf (« loup »)."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "pos_title": "Préfixe",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A werebear.",
          "translation": "Un ours-garou."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Garou."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈwɛɹ\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈwɪɹ\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈwɝ\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈwɛə\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈwɪə\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "morpheme"
  ],
  "word": "were-"
}