Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
loup-garou is a noun meaning "a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again". It carries one recorded sense.
a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for loup-garou come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.