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noun, feminine

vouivre

/vwivʁ/

noun, feminine/vwivʁ/plural: vouivres

vouivre is feminine in French.

wyvern; a mythical reptile said to inhabit Lorraine, Jura, and other regions of France

Variant of guivre (a form influenced by Germanic), from Old French guivre (cf. also the form wivre), from Latin vīpera. See also the borrowed doublet vipère.