garou

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡa.ʁu/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle French garou, from Old French garoul, garval, garvalf, garwaf, garwall (Marie de France, c. 1175, Old Northern French), guarou, guaroul, wareu, wareul, warou (“werewolf”), from Frankish *werawulf. OED suggests the French being from Old Norse vargulfr, which however occurs only in the translation of Marie's lay of Bisclavret. In sense 2, back-formation from loup-garou (“werewolf”). ==== Noun ==== garou m (plural garous) (archaic) werewolf (in combination) were- (used like a suffix) lapin-garou ― were-rabbit === Etymology 2 === Alternative form of garoupe ==== Noun ==== garou m (plural garous) daphne, any plant of the species of genus Daphne, particularly spurge olive (Daphne mezereum) as well as Cneorum tricoccon and the flax-leaved daphne (Daphne gnidium) === Further reading === “garou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French garrot. === Noun === garou n (plural garouri) garrot ==== Declension ====