Werewolf

Noun CEFR B2

ˈwɛːwʊlf

Definitions

A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.

Equivalents

Españolhombre lobo licántropo lobisomelobisón

Françaisgarou loup-garou lycanthropeWerewolf

DeutschLykanthrop Lykanthropin MannwolfWerwolf Werwölfin

37 more languages

Afrikaansweerwolf

العربيةالمذؤوب مستذئب مُسْتَذْئِبَة

Беларускаяваўкалак пе́раварацень пярэ́вараценьскі́дзень

Bosanskivukodlak вукодлак

Catalàhome llop licantrop

Češtinavlkodlačí vlkodlak

Cymraegbleidd-ddyn

Ελληνικάλυκάνθρωπος

Esperantohomlupo lupfantomo

Suomiihmissusi mafioso

Galegolicántropo lobishome

Hrvatskivukodlak вукодлак

Magyarfarkasember

Հայերենմարդագայլ

Italianolicantropo lupo mannaro uomo-lupo

日本語人狼狼人狼人間狼男

ქართულიმაქცია

한국어늑대인간

Latinaversipellis virlupus

Lietuviųvilkolakis

Latviešuvilkacis

Македонскиврколак

Монголхүн чоно

Nederlandsweerwolf

Polskiwilkołak

Portuguêslicantropo lobanil lobisomem

Românăvârcolac

Русскийверволк вервольф волколакволкулак ликантро́п оборотень

Slovenčinavlkolak

Slovenščinavolkodlak

Shqiplugat luqerbull vurkollak

Српскиvukodlak вукодлак

Svenskavarulv

ไทยมนุษย์หมาป่า

Українськавовкулака вовку́н перевертень

Examples

“Near-synonym: dogman”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

werewolf syndrome werewolfdom werewolfery werewolfess werewolfism Werewolves

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