loup-garou
French, noun/lu.ɡa.ʁu/
loup-garou is a French masculine noun meaning “werewolf” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personnage légendaire, malfaisant, qui se métamorphose en loup. → voir lycanthrope”.
What does loup-garou mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewerewolf
- 2
masculinerougarou
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personnage légendaire, malfaisant, qui se métamorphose en loup. → voir lycanthrope 2. Homme d’humeur farouche, qui ne veut avoir de société avec personne.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of loup-garou
- loups-garous plural
- louve-garou feminine
- rougarou alternative Louisiana
- warou alternative Louisiana
- louve-garelle
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce loup-garou?
- /lu.ɡa.ʁu/
- [lu.ɡa.ru]
- \lu.ɡa.ʁu\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to loup-garou
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.