ogre

== English == === Etymology === First attested in the 18th century, borrowed from French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), from Ancient Greek Ὅρκος (Hórkos), the personified demon of oaths (ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”)) who inflicts punishment upon oath-breakers. Doublet of orc and Orcus. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊ.ɡə/ (General American) enPR: ōʹgər, IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.ɡɚ/ Rhymes: -əʊɡə(ɹ) === Noun === ogre (plural ogres) (mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh. (figuratively) A cruel person. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ogreish, ogrish ogress she-ogre ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Geor., Gero, Gore, Rego, ergo, ergo-, gero-, goer, gore, orge, rego, roge == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French ogre, itself probably an alteration, with influence from words like bougre, of an earlier form *orc, from Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”), with metathesis. According to the Trésor de la langue française informatisé, first attested in the late 12th century meaning 'fierce non-Christian', and ca. 1300 meaning 'human-eating giant' (in fairy tales). Cognate with Old Spanish huerco (“the Devil”), Spanish huerco (“depressed man in the dark”), Italian orco (“ogre, orc”). Doublet of orque. See also French lutin (“imp, pixie”), possibly from Old French netun (“marine monster”), derived from Latin Neptūnus, and also Old French gene (“mischievous fairy”) and Romanian zână (“fairy”), both inherited forms of Latin Diāna. A sermon by Merovingian French bishop St. Eligius (died 659) advises people against belief in Neptune, Diana, Orcus and Minerva. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔɡʁ/ === Noun === ogre m (plural ogres, feminine ogresse) (mythology) ogre ==== Derived terms ==== l'ogre de Corse (“Napoleon Bonaparte”) manger comme un ogre ogrerie ogresque ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “ogre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === orge == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: o‧gre === Noun === ogre m (plural ogres, feminine ogra, feminine plural ogras) alternative form of ogro === Further reading === “ogre”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “ogre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026