louvairou

Champenois

Alternative forms

  • voârloup, vairou, voirloup
  • (Rémois) warlou

Etymology

The first part from Frankish *werwolf (“werewolf”), from Proto-Germanic *weraz (“man”), the second part from Latin lupus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lu.vɛ.ru/

Noun

louvairou

  1. (Troyen, Rémois) werewolf

Interjection

louvairou

  1. (Troyen, Rémois) damn

References

  • Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎[2] (in French), Troyes
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