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garou.

werewolf

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡa.ʁu/
  1. werewolf

    archaic · masculine
  2. were- (used like a suffix)

    in-compounds · masculine
    lapin-garou
Where this word comes from

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”).

noun/ɡa.ʁu/
  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)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Alternative form of garoupe

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