ogre
Portuguese, noun/ˈɔ.ɡɾi/
ogre is spelled O-G-R-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,308th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ogre is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of ogro” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “figura fantástica de um gigante malvado que come criancinhas”.
What does ogre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of ogro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. figura fantástica de um gigante malvado que come criancinhas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ogre
- ogres plural
- ogra feminine
- ogras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ogre?
- Brazil /ˈɔ.ɡɾi/
- Portugal /ˈɔ.ɡɾɨ/
- Portugal [ˈɔ.ɣɾɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ogre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ogre in Portuguese?
ogre appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).