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noun, masculine

loup-garou

/lu.ɡa.ʁu/

noun, masculine/lu.ɡa.ʁu/plural: loups-garous

werewolf

Inherited from Old French leu garoul, a pleonastic compound of leu (“wolf”) + garoul (“werewolf”); the latter from garulf, from Frankish *werawulf. Equivalent to loup + -garou.