korrigan

See also: Korrigan

English

Etymology

Breton korr (“dwarf”, literally “little dwarf”).

Noun

korrigan (plural korrigans)

A long-haired nocturnal and often malevolent Breton fairy princess.
- 1945, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, HarperCollins, published 2019, →ISBN, page 9:
  A continental Celtic female fairy called a corrigan, malevolent, sometimes seductive.

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁi.ɡɑ̃/

Noun

korrigan m (plural korrigans, feminine korrigane)

Male korrigan

Further reading

“korrigan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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