tigre

See also: Tigre, tigré, Tigré, and tîgre

English

Noun

tigre (plural tigres)

  1. Obsolete form of tiger.

Anagrams

Asturian

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

  1. tiger

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiɡre/, [t̪i.ɣ̞re̞]
  • (file)

Noun

tigre anim

  1. tiger

Declension

Further reading

  • "tigre" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • tigre” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tīgris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris).

Pronunciation

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigressa)

  1. tiger

Derived terms

Further reading

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ti‧gre

Noun

tigre

  1. a tiger (Panthera tigris); a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia
  2. the viper's bowstring hemp (Sansevieria trifasciata)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tigre.

Danish

Alternative forms

Noun

tigre c

  1. indefinite plural of tiger

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tigris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiɡʁ/
  • (file)

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigresse)

  1. tiger

Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From Latin tīgris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiɣɾɪ/

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

  1. tiger

Interlingua

Noun

tigre

  1. tiger

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tigris.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tigre f (plural tigri)

  1. tiger (male or female)

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Leonese

Etymology

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Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

  1. tiger

References

Middle English

Noun

tigre

  1. Alternative form of tygre

Middle French

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

  1. tiger

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

tigre m

  1. indefinite plural of tiger

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

  1. tiger

Old French

Noun

tigre m (oblique plural tigres, nominative singular tigres, nominative plural tigre)

  1. tiger

Noun

tigre f (oblique plural tigres, nominative singular tigre, nominative plural tigres)

  1. tigress

Portuguese

tigre

Etymology

From Latin tīgris (tiger), from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris, tiger).

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

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigresa, feminine plural tigresas)

  1. tiger

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tīgris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾe]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iɡɾe
  • Syllabification: ti‧gre

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigresa, feminine plural tigresas)

  1. tiger
  2. (Latin America) jaguar
  3. angry or fierce person
  4. an energic or expert male lover

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Further reading

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tigre.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tig‧re
  • IPA(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/, [ˈtiɡ.ɾɛ]

Noun

tigre

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

See also

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish tigre.

Noun

tigre

  1. Tiger (Panthera tigris).
    • 1964, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, “Ini nonca yulcötl itucö tigre”, in Yulcöme, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 5:
      Inu tigre lalebis piero icaca hua lalebis cuesijqui.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
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