garou
See also: garo ū
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.ʁu/
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Etymology 1
From Middle French garou, from Old French garoul, garval, garvalf, garwaf, garwall (Marie de France, c. 1175, Old Nortern 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.
Noun
garou m (plural garous)
Etymology 2
Alternative form of garoupe
Noun
garou m (plural garous)
- 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)
Descendants
- →⇒ German: Garourinde
Further reading
- “garou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Declension
Declension of garou
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) garou | garoul | (niște) garouri | garourile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) garou | garoului | (unor) garouri | garourilor |
| vocative | garoule | garourilor | ||
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