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werewolf

/ˈwɛəɹwʊlf/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables
were-wolf
IPA
/ˈwɛəɹwʊlf/
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.

name

Synonym of Mafia (“a social deduction party game”).

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English werwolf, from Old English werewulf, from Proto-West Germanic *werawulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wer (“man”) + *wulf (“wolf”). Cognate with Dutch weerwolf, Low German Warwulf, German Werwolf, Danish varulv, Swedish varulv, and even possibly Finnish vironsusi. By surface analysis, were- + wolf. * Compare French garou in loup-garou; French dialectal gairou, varou (“werewolf”); Medieval Latin gerulphus, garulphus (“werewolf”); all from Germanic, probably Frankish *werawulf.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈwɛəɹwʊlf/
  • British English: /ˈwɛːwʊlf/

Inflected Forms

werewolves (plural) warwolf (alternative, obsolete) wehrwolf (alternative, archaic) were wolf (alternative, rare) were-wolf (alternative) werwolf (alternative, dated)

Derived Forms

selfawarewolf werewolfdom werewolfery werewolfess werewolfish werewolfism werewolfy

Phrases

were- werewolf girdle werewolf syndrome

Synonyms

lycan lycanthrope man-wolf wolfman dogman Mafia loup-garou

Questions

How do you pronounce werewolf?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɛəɹwʊlf/.
What does werewolf mean?
A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.
Where does werewolf come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce werewolf

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