Tigre
See also: tigre, tigré, and Tigré
English
Alternative forms
- Təgre, Tigrē, Tegrē
Etymology
From Tigre ትግሬ (təgre).
Proper noun
Tigre
- A Semitic language of northern Eritrea, closely related to Tigrinya.
Translations
language
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Noun
Tigre pl (plural only)
- A group of nomadic Tigrinya-speaking people in northern Ethiopia.
- A group of agricultural Tigre-speaking people in northern Eritrea.
Translations
group, Tigrinya-speaking people
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group, Tigre-speaking people
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Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Tigre, tig
Anagrams
- Tiger, greit, tiger
Afar
Etymology
From Tigre ትግሬ (təgre).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiɡˈɾe/
- Hyphenation: Tig‧re
Noun
Tigré f (singulative Tigréyta m or Tigreytá f)
- (collective) Tigre people
Declension
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absolutive | Tigré | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | Tigré | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | Tigré | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | Tigré | |||||||||||||||||
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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
- Tigris (river)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- Tígris
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
- Tigris (a river in the Middle East)
See also
- Eufrates
- Mesopotâmia