Tigre

See also: tigre, tigré, and Tigré

English

Alternative forms
  • Təgre, Tigrē, Tegrē

Etymology

From Tigre ትግሬ (təgre).

Proper noun

Tigre

  1. A Semitic language of northern Eritrea, closely related to Tigrinya.

Translations

Noun

Tigre pl (plural only)

  1. A group of nomadic Tigrinya-speaking people in northern Ethiopia.
  2. A group of agricultural Tigre-speaking people in northern Eritrea.

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Afar

Etymology

From Tigre ትግሬ (təgre).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tiɡˈɾe/
  • Hyphenation: Tig‧re

Noun

Tigré f (singulative Tigréyta m or Tigreytá f)

  1. (collective) Tigre people

Declension
Declension of Tigré
absolutive Tigré
predicative Tigré
subjective Tigré
genitive Tigré
Postpositioned forms
l-case Tigrél
k-case Tigrék
t-case Tigrét
h-case Tigréh

References
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

French

Etymology

From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (ÍDIdiqlat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (ÍDIdigna, ÍDIdigina, literally “fast as an arrow”).

Proper noun

Tigre m

  1. Tigris (river)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (ÍDIdiqlat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (ÍDIdigna, ÍDIdigina, literally “fast as an arrow”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɾi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɾe/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈti.ɡɾ(ɨ)/ [ˈti.ɣɾ(ɨ)]

  • Homophone: tigre
  • Hyphenation: Ti‧gre

Proper noun

Tigre m

  1. Tigris (a river in the Middle East)

See also
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