werewolf

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Regno Unito//ˈwɛːwʊlf//
Regno Unito//ˈwɪəwʊlf//
Stati Uniti//ˈwɛəɹwʊlf//
Stati Uniti//ˈwɪəɹwʊlf//
Stati Uniti//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.

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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

Etimologia

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.

Forme

plurale: werewolves

went · A course; a way, a path; a journey.Went · A surname from Middle English.were · simple subjunctive of be

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.

Le pagine vicine — L'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.