werewolf
sustantivocorriente en diálogos
- Reino Unido//ˈwɛːwʊlf//
- Reino Unido//ˈwɪəwʊlf//
- Estados Unidos//ˈwɛəɹwʊlf//
- Estados Unidos//ˈwɪəɹwʊlf//
- Estados Unidos//ˈwɜɹwʊlf//
A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.
sustantivo
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A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.
Near-synonym: dogman
Etimología
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.
Formas
- plural
- werewolves
werewolf · A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.
Werewolf · Synonym of Mafia (“a social deduction party game”).Werner · A surname from German.Wes · A diminutive of the male given names Wesley or Weston.