name
Meaning 1
A city in central Latvia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ogre
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.ɡə/
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General-American: ōʹgər
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General-American: /ˈoʊ.ɡɚ/
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rhymes with -əʊɡə(ɹ)
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noun
Meaning 2
A large, grotesque, brutish humanoid monster, typically marked by great strength and a propensity to kill or devour humans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, publishing, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
A cruel person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- People are going to think I'm an ogre if I refuse to buy coffee for my little brother!
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 4
(folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: giant
Narrower terms: ogress
noun
Meaning 5
a cruel wicked and inhuman person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: monster, fiend, devil, demon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unpleasant person, disagreeable person
Narrower terms: demoniac
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latvian Ogre.
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.
Across languages
Translations
91 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Estonian: Ogre — city in Latvia
- German: Oger — city in Latvia
- Latvian: Ogre — city in Latvia
- Lithuanian: Uogrė — city in Latvia
- Russian: Огре (Ogre) — city in Latvia
- Ukrainian: Огре (Ohre) — city in Latvia
- Arabic: غُول (ḡūl) — brutish giant
- Asturian: ogru — brutish giant
- Basque: ogro — brutish giant
- Bulgarian: великан човекоядец (velikan čovekojadec) — brutish giant
- Burmese: ဘီလူး (bhilu:) — brutish giant
- Catalan: ogre — brutish giant
- Chinese Mandarin: 食人魔 (shírénmó) — brutish giant
- Ngazidja Comorian: dzimku — brutish giant
- Czech: obr lidožrout — brutish giant
- Czech: zlobr — brutish giant
- Dutch: oger — brutish giant
- Esperanto: ogro — brutish giant
- Finnish: jättiläinen — brutish giant
- Finnish: jätti — brutish giant
- French: ogre — brutish giant
- Galician: orco — brutish giant
- Galician: urco — brutish giant
- Galician: papón — brutish giant
- Galician: coco — brutish giant
- German: Oger — brutish giant
- German: Menschenfresser — brutish giant
- Greek: δράκοντας (drákontas) — brutish giant
- Hebrew: מפלצת — brutish giant
- Hebrew: אוֹגֵר (oger) — brutish giant
- Hungarian: ogre — brutish giant
- Ido: ogro — brutish giant
- Indonesian: buto — brutish giant
- Italian: orco — brutish giant
- Japanese: 鬼 (oni) — brutish giant
- Japanese: オーガ (ōga) — brutish giant
- Kikuyu: irimũ — brutish giant
- Korean: 오거 (ogeo) — brutish giant
- Latvian: cilvēkēdājs — brutish giant
- Luhya: okundu — brutish giant
- Malayalam: ഓഗർ (ōgaṟ) — brutish giant
- Māori: kākarepō — brutish giant
- Marathi: राक्षस (rākṣas) — brutish giant
- Marathi: दानव (dānav) — brutish giant
- Mòcheno: ork — brutish giant
- Ojibwe: wiindigoo (wiindigoo) — brutish giant
- Oromo: bulguu — brutish giant
- Persian: غول پیکر — brutish giant
- Persian: غول — brutish giant
- Polish: ogr — brutish giant
- Portuguese: ogro — brutish giant
- Portuguese: ogre — brutish giant
- Romanian: căpcăun — brutish giant
- Russian: велика́н-людое́д (velikán-ljudojéd) — brutish giant
- Russian: людое́д (ljudojéd) — brutish giant
- Russian: огр (ogr) — brutish giant
- Serbo-Croatian: ogrezlo — brutish giant
- Shan: ၽီလူး (phǐi lúu) — brutish giant
- Spanish: ogro — brutish giant
- Swahili: pandikizi la mtu — brutish giant
- Swedish: rese — brutish giant
- Swedish: jätte — brutish giant
- Thai: ผีปอบ — brutish giant
- Turkish: yamyam — brutish giant
- Ukrainian: огр (ohr) — brutish giant
- Arabic: غَشِيم (ḡašīm) — brutish man
- Dutch: boeman — brutish man
- Finnish: raakalainen — brutish man
- German: Unmensch — brutish man
- German: Brutalo — brutish man
- German: Grobian — brutish man
- German: Rüpel — brutish man
- German: Rohling — brutish man
- Marathi: राक्षस (rākṣas) — brutish man
- Portuguese: brutamontes — brutish man
- Russian: зверь (zverʹ) — brutish man
- Russian: чудо́вище (čudóvišče) — brutish man
- Russian: и́зверг (ízverg) — brutish man
- Russian: скот (skot) — brutish man
- Russian: скоти́на (skotína) — brutish man
- Swedish: best — brutish man
- Swedish: troll — brutish man
- Chinese Mandarin: 怪物 (guàiwù) — large beast
- Dutch: ondier — large beast
- Finnish: hirviö — large beast
- German: Monster — large beast
- German: Ungeheuer — large beast
- Korean: 오거 (ogeo) — large beast
- Russian: чудо́вище (čudóvišče) — large beast
- Swedish: best — large beast
- Swedish: odjur — large beast