Polyglot Dictionary

loup-garou

/lu.ɡa.ʁu/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les loups-garous

Meaning

  1. werewolf

    • La légende du loup-garou effraie les villageois.

      The werewolf legend frightens the villagers.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Werwolf

Werwolf is the German word for the same thing — both mean "werewolf."

Portuguese

lobisomem

lobisomem is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "werewolf."

Practice

1 What does loup-garou mean?

2 Fill the gap: La légende du loup-___ effraie les villageois.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches loup-garou?

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