liger

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English

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A liger.
Five ligers lying down.

Etymology

Blend of lion +‎ tiger

Pronunciation

Noun

liger (plural ligers)

  1. An animal born to a male lion and a tigress.
    • 1985, Hartson & Dawson, The Ultimate Irrelevant Encyclopedia, page 66:
      Tigons, ligers and a zeedonk have also been created by miscegenating mammals.

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References

  • “liger”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  1. ^ Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future‎, Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225

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Latin

Verb

liger

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of ligō

Romansch

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French legier, from Vulgar Latin *leviārius, from Classical Latin levis (“light; not heavy”). Compare French léger.

Adjective

liger m (feminine singular ligera, masculine plural ligers, feminine plural ligeras)

  1. (Puter, Vallader) light (of weight)
  2. (Puter, Vallader) easy
Synonyms
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) lev
  • (Sutsilvan) leav
  • (Vallader) leiv

Etymology 2

From Latin legō, legere.

Verb

liger

  1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) to read
Alternative forms

Swedish

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Noun

liger c

  1. a liger (cat born to a male lion and a tigress)

Declension

Declension of liger 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative liger ligern ligrar ligrarna
Genitive ligers ligerns ligrars ligrarnas

See also

Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ligero.

Adjective

liger

  1. light (not heavy)
  2. swift, quick-acting (of a person)

Adverb

liger

  1. quick

References

  • Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 249
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