wolfman

wolf·man

W w

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [woo lf-man]
- /ˈwʊlfˌmæn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [woo lf-man]
- /ˈwʊlfˌmæn/

Definitions of wolfman word

noun plural wolfman a man who turns into a wolf on certain occasions, as at the time of the full moon; werewolf. 1
noun wolfman A werewolf or lycanthrope. 1
noun wolfman mythology: male werewolf 1
noun wolfman A male werewolf or lycanthrope. 0

See all 4 definitions of wolfman

Information block about the term

Origin of wolfman

First appearance:

before 1600

One of the 39% oldest English words

First recorded in 1600-10; wolf + man1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Wolfman

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Wolfman

wolfman popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

wolfman usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer