werewolf
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werewolf¹
- /ˈwɛːwʊlf/ UK
- /ˈwɪəwʊlf/ UK
- /ˈwɛəɹwʊlf/ US
- /ˈwɪəɹwʊlf/ US
- /ˈwɜɹwʊlf/ US
Where it comes from
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.
noun werewolves · warwolf · wehrwolf · were wolf · were-wolf · werwolf
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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
Similar: lycan, lycanthrope, man-wolf, wolfman, dogman
Werewolf²
proper noun
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Synonym of Mafia (“a social deduction party game”).
Similar: Mafia
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: wolfman, lycanthrope, wolf, wolffish, monster, freak, were wolf, warwolf, wehrwolf, lycanthropia, man-wolf, wolfwoman, lycanthropy, wolven, werehuman, werewolfery
Translations
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noun wolflike human
| Español | hombre lobo, licántropo, lobisón, lobisome |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 늑대인간 neukdaein'gan |
| 日本語 | 狼男 ōkamiotoko, 人狼 jinrō, 狼人 rōjin, 狼人間 ōkaminingen |
| 中文 | 狼人 lángrén |
| हिन्दी | भेड़ियामानव bheṛiyāmānav, भड़मानस bhaṛmānas, वेरवुल्फ़ vervulf, वृकमानव vŕkmānav |
| Kiswahili | nusumbwa, mtu-mbwa |
| Português | lobisomem, licantropo, lobanil |
| Français | loup-garou, garou, lycanthrope |
| Deutsch | Werwolf, Werwölfin, Mannwolf, Lykanthrop, Lykanthropin |
| Italiano | licantropo, lupo mannaro, uomo-lupo |
| Ελληνικά | λυκάνθρωπος lykánthropos |
| Română | vârcolac |
| Русский | волкола́к volkolák, волкула́к volkulák, волкодла́к volkodlák, верво́льф vervólʹf, верву́льф vervúlʹf, о́боротень óborotenʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | người sói, ma sói |
| العربية | مُسْتَذْئِب mustaḏʔib, مُسْتَذْئِبَة mustaḏʔiba |
| עברית | אָדָם זְאֵב adám zeév, אַנְשֵׁי זְאֵב anshéi zeév |
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title = {werewolf},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/werewolf},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
