tigre

See also:Tigre,tigré,Tigré,andtîgre

English

Noun

tigre(pluraltigres)

1. Obsoleteform oftiger.

Anagrams

• Tiger,greit,tiger

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈtiɡɾe/,[ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾe]
• Rhymes:-iɡɾe
• Hyphenation:ti‧gre

Noun

tigrem(pluraltigres)

1. tiger

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately fromLatintīgris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/tiɡre/[t̪i.ɣ̞re]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-iɡre
• Hyphenation:ti‧gre

Noun

tigreanim

1. tiger

Declension

Declension oftigre(animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	tigre	tigrea	tigreak
ergative	tigrek	tigreak	tigreek
dative	tigreri	tigreari	tigreei
genitive	tigreren	tigrearen	tigreen
comitative	tigrerekin	tigrearekin	tigreekin
causative	tigrerengatik	tigrearengatik	tigreengatik
benefactive	tigrerentzat	tigrearentzat	tigreentzat
instrumental	tigrez	tigreaz	tigreez
inessive	tigrerengan	tigrearengan	tigreengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	tigrerengana	tigrearengana	tigreengana
terminative	tigrerenganaino	tigrearenganaino	tigreenganaino
directive	tigrerenganantz	tigrearenganantz	tigreenganantz
destinative	tigrerenganako	tigrearenganako	tigreenganako
ablative	tigrerengandik	tigrearengandik	tigreengandik
partitive	tigrerik	—	—
prolative	tigretzat	—	—

Further reading

• “tigre”,inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia[Dictionary of the Basque Academy],Euskaltzaindia
• “tigre”,inOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia[General Basque Dictionary],Euskaltzaindia,1987–2005

Bikol Central

Etymology

BorrowedfromSpanishtigre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈti.ɡɾe]
• Hyphenation:ti‧gre

Noun

tígre(Basahan spellingᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜍᜒ)

1. tiger

See also

• leon
• sarimaw

Catalan

Etymology

BorrowedfromLatintīgris,fromAncient Greekτίγρις(tígris).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic)[ˈti.ɣɾə]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[ˈti.ɣɾe]

• Audio(Valencia):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-iɡɾe
• Hyphenation:ti‧gre

Noun

tigrem(pluraltigres,femininetigressa)

1. tiger

Derived terms

• tigressa

Further reading

• “tigre”inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tigre”,inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2024
• “tigre”inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tigre”inDiccionari català-valencià-balear,Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

BorrowedfromSpanishtigre,fromLatintīgris,fromAncient Greekτίγρις(tígris).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈt̪iɡ.ɾ̪e]
• Rhymes:-iɡɾe
• Hyphenation:ti‧gre

Noun

tigre(Badlit spellingᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. atiger(Panthera tigris); a largepredatorymammalof the cat family, indigenous toAsia
2. viper's bowstring hemp(Dracaena trifasciata,syn.Sansevieria trifasciata)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, seeCitations:tigre.

Danish

Alternative forms

• tigere

Noun

tigrec

1. indefinitepluraloftiger

French

Etymology

BorrowedfromLatintigris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/tiɡʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

tigrem(pluraltigres,femininetigresse)

1. tiger

Derived terms

• jaloux comme un tigre
• porcelaine tigre
• requin tigre
• tigre à dents de sabre
• tigre de papier
• tigre du Bengale
• Tigres tamouls

Further reading

• “tigre”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Galician

Etymology

FromLatintīgris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈtiɡɾe/[ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾɪ]

• IPA^(key):(standard)/ˈtiɡɾe/[ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾɪ]
• IPA^(key):(gheada)/ˈtiħɾe/[ˈt̪i.ħɾɪ]

• Rhymes:-iɡɾe

• Rhymes:-iɡɾe
• Rhymes:-iħɾe

• Hyphenation:ti‧gre

Noun

tigrem(pluraltigres)

1. tiger

Interlingua

Noun

tigre

1. tiger

Italian

Etymology

FromLatintigris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈti.ɡre/
• Rhymes:-iɡre
• Hyphenation:tì‧gre

Noun

tigref(pluraltigri)

1. tiger(male or female)

Derived terms

• tigre del Bengala
• tigre di carta
• tigre della Siberia

Related terms

• tigrato
• tigrotto

Further reading

• tigrein Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line,Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• greti,tergi

Leonese

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈtiɡɾe/,[ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾe]
• Rhymes:-iɡɾe
• Hyphenation:ti‧gre

Noun

tigrem(pluraltigres)

1. tiger

References

• tigreat theDiccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano.

Middle English

Noun

tigre

1. Alternative form oftygre

Middle French

Noun

tigrem(pluraltigres)

1. tiger

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• tigere,tigrer

Noun

tigrem

1. indefinitepluraloftiger

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio(Béarn):

  (file)

Noun

tigrem(pluraltigres)

1. tiger

Old French

Noun

tigreoblique singular,m(oblique pluraltigres,nominative singulartigres,nominative pluraltigre)

1. tiger

Noun

tigreoblique singular,f(oblique pluraltigres,nominative singulartigre,nominative pluraltigres)

1. tigress

Portuguese

tigre

Etymology

FromLatintīgris(“tiger”),fromAncient Greekτίγρις(tígris,“tiger”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɾi/

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɾe/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈti.ɡɾɨ/[ˈti.ɣɾɨ]

• Homophone:Tigre
• Hyphenation:ti‧gre

Noun

tigrem(pluraltigres,femininetigresa,feminine pluraltigresas)

1. tiger

Derived terms

• olho de tigre
• pão tigre
• tigrado
• tigrão
• tigre asiático
• tigre de papel
• tigre-da-tasmânia
• tigre-de-bengala
• tigre-de-java
• tigre-de-sumatra
• tigre-dente-de-sabre
• tigre-siberiano
• tigrinho
• tubarão-tigre

Related terms

• ligre
• tigrino

Descendants

• →Tetum:tigre

Further reading

• “tigre”,inDicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa(in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora,2003–2024

Spanish

Etymology

FromLatintīgris,fromAncient Greekτίγρις(tígris).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈtiɡɾe/[ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾe]

• Audio(Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-iɡɾe
• Syllabification:ti‧gre

Noun

tigrem(pluraltigres,femininetigresa,feminine pluraltigresas)

1. tiger
2. (Latin America)jaguar
3. angryorfierceperson
4. anenergicorexpertmale lover
5. (colloquial,Spain)toilet,WC

Hypernyms

• felino
• félido
• panterino

Derived terms

• atigrado
• estar para el tigre
• gato tigre
• hijo de tigre
• leche de tigre
• mosquito tigre
• ojo de tigre
• tiburón tigre
• tigre asiático
• tigre de Amur
• tigre de Bengala
• tigre de Java
• tigre de Sumatra
• tigre de Tasmania
• tigre siberiano
• tigrecito
• tigresa
• tigrillo

Descendants

• →Cebuano:tigre
• →San Juan Atzingo Popoloca:cotigre
• →Tagalog:tigre
• →Tetelcingo Nahuatl:tigre
• →Zoogocho Zapotec:tigr

Further reading

• “tigre”,inDiccionario de la lengua española,Vigésima tercera edición,Real Academia Española,2014

Anagrams

• grite,grité

Tagalog

Etymology

BorrowedfromSpanishtigre,fromLatintīgris,fromAncient Greekτίγρις(tígris).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ˈtiɡɾe/[ˈt̪iː.ɡɾɛ]
• Rhymes:-iɡɾe
• Syllabification:ti‧gre

Noun

tigre(Baybayin spellingᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. tiger
2. Phalaenopsis schilleriana(a type of orchid)
3. (figurative)fierce,belligerentperson

See also

• halimaw

Further reading

• “tigre”atKWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1],Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino,2021
• “tigre”,inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph,Manila,2018

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

FromSpanishtigre.

Noun

tigre

1. Tiger(Panthera tigris).
   • 1964,Instituto Lingüístico de Verano,“Ini nonca yulcötl itucö tigre”, inYulcöme‎^[2],México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 5:

     Inutigrelalebis piero icaca hua lalebis cuesijqui.

     (pleaseadd an English translationof this quotation)