ogre

First attested in the 18th century, borrowed from French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), from Ancient Greek Όρκος (Órkos), the personified demon of oaths (ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”)) who inflicts punishment upon perjurers. Doublet of orc.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊ.ɡə/
• (US) enPR: ōʹgûr, IPA^(key): /ˈoʊ.ɡɚ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊɡə(r)

ogre (plural ogres)

1. (mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
2. (figuratively) A brutish man reminiscent of the mythical ogre.

• ogreish, ogrish
• ogress
• ogry

• Geor., Gero, Gore, Rego, ergo, ergo-, gero-, goer, gore, orge, rego

From Latin Orcus, with metathesis. See also lutin, derived from Latin Neptunus.

• IPA^(key): /ɔɡʁ/

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ogre m (plural ogres, feminine ogresse)

1. (mythology) ogre

• l'ogre de Corse (“Napoleon Bonaparte”)
• ogrerie
• ogresque

• “ogre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• orge

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɣɾɨ/

ogre m (plural ogres, feminine ogra, feminine plural ogras)

1. (Portugal) Alternative form of ogro