tarasque

English

Noun

tarasque (plural tarasques)

(mythology) A mythical European dragon.

Derived terms

tarrasque

Anagrams

squarate

French

Noun

tarasque f (plural tarasques)

a fearsome legendary dragon-like mythological hybrid from Provence, in southern France, tamed in stories about Saint Martha, such as the one told in the Jacobus de Voragine's Golden Legend (13th century)

Noun

tarasque m (uncountable)

Tarascan

Further reading

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

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