different between werewolf vs werelion

English

Alternative forms

• werwolf, were-wolf, were wolf, wehrwolf, warwolf

Etymology

From Middle English werwolf, from Old English werwulf, from Proto-West Germanic *werawulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wer (“man”) + *wulf (“wolf”). Equivalent to wer +? wolf or were- +? wolf. Cognate with Dutch weerwolf, Low German Warwulf, German Werwolf, Danish varulv, Swedish varulv and even possibly Finnish vironsusi.

Compare also French garou, in loup-garou, French dialectal gairou, varou (“werewolf”), Medieval Latin gerulphus, garulphus (“werewolf”) (from Germanic).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w??w?lf/, /?w??w?lf/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?w???w?lf/, /?w???w?lf/, /?w??w?lf/

Noun

werewolf (plural werewolves)

1. (mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon.

   Synonyms: wolfman, lycanthrope, man-wolf

Hyponyms

• (female): werewolfess, werewoman, wolfwoman

Derived terms

• werewolfdom
• werewolfish

Translations

See also

• dogman
• turnskin
• were-

English

Etymology

were- +? lion

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w???la??n/, /?w??la??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?w??la??n/, /?w??la??n/

Noun

werelion (plural werelions)

1. (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between lion and human form.
   • 2011, Candace R. Benefiel, Reading Laurell K. Hamilton (page 60)

     She dies before Anita can explain that it's unnecessary; but in a scuffle, one of the werelions is mortally wounded, and Anita uses his death to call up her power.

Coordinate terms

• werelioness

Hypernyms

• werecat

Translations

Anagrams

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