"kraken" meaning in Français

See kraken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \kʁa.kɛn\, kʁa.kɛn Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-kraken.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-kraken.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Tristan P. (BiblioCanet66)-kraken.wav Forms: krakens [plural]
  1. Créature fantastique représentée sous la forme d’une pieuvre géante, dans les légendes scandinaves médiévales.
    Sense id: fr-kraken-fr-noun-XD4KxAx7 Categories (other): Animaux imaginaires en français, Exemples en français, Lexique en français du fantastique Topics: zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Créature fantastique): Krake (Allemand), kraken (Anglais), 挪威海怪 (nuówēi hǎi guài) (Chinois), kraken (Danois), kraken (Italien), kraken [masculine] (Polonais), кракен (kraken) (Russe), kraken (Suédois)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "Krake"
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      "sense": "Créature fantastique",
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      "lang": "Chinois",
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      "word": "挪威海怪"
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      "sense": "Créature fantastique",
      "word": "kraken"
    },
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      "sense": "Créature fantastique",
      "word": "kraken"
    },
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      "sense": "Créature fantastique",
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      "word": "kraken"
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      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "kraken",
      "sense": "Créature fantastique",
      "word": "кракен"
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      "lang": "Suédois",
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      "word": "kraken"
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      "word": "Krake"
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      "sense": "Créature fantastique",
      "word": "кракен"
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}

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