tigre

See also: Tigre, tigré, Tigré, and tîgre

English

Noun

tigre (plural tigres)

Obsolete form of tiger.

Anagrams

Tiger, greit, tiger

Asturian

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

tiger

Basque

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tigre anim

tiger

Declension

Declension of tigre (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	—	—

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ɡɾə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ɡɾe/
Audio (Valencian) (file)

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigressa)

tiger

Derived terms

tigressa

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ti‧gre

Noun

tigre

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tigre.

Danish

Alternative forms

tigere

Noun

tigre c

indefinite plural of tiger

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tigris.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiɡʁ/
audio (file)

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigresse)

tiger

Derived terms

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

Galician

Etymology

From Latin tīgris.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtiɣɾɪ/

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

tiger

Interlingua

Noun

tigre

tiger

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tigris.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tigre f (plural tigri)

tiger (male or female)

Derived terms

tigre del Bengala
tigre di carta
tigre della Siberia

Related terms

tigrato
tigrotto

Anagrams

greti, tergi

Leonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

tiger

References

AEDLL

Middle English

Noun

tigre

Alternative form of tygre

Middle French

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

tiger

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

tigere, tigrer

Noun

tigre m

indefinite plural of tiger

Occitan

Pronunciation

Audio (Béarn) (file)

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

tiger

Old French

Noun

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

tiger

Noun

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

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)

tiger

Derived terms

tigre asiático

Related terms

tigrino

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

tiger
(Latin America) jaguar
angry or fierce person
an energic or expert male lover

Hypernyms

felino
félido
panterino

Derived terms

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

Descendants

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

Anagrams

grite, grité

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tigre.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: tig‧re

IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/, [ˈtiɡ.ɾe]

Noun

tigre

tiger
Phalaenopsis schilleriana (a type of orchid)
(figurative) fierce, belligerent person

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish tigre.

Noun

tigre

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)

tigre

English

Noun

Anagrams

Asturian

Noun

Basque

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Noun

Quotations

Danish

Alternative forms

Noun

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Interlingua

Noun

Italian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Leonese

Etymology

Noun

References

Middle English

Noun

Middle French

Noun

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

Occitan

Pronunciation

Noun

Old French

Noun

Noun

Portuguese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun