tigre

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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

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin tīgris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiɡre/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɡre
  • Hyphenation: ti‧gre

Noun

tigre anim

  1. 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 — —

Further reading

  • "tigre" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “tigre” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

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Etymology

Borrowed 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. viper's bowstring hemp (Dracaena trifasciata, syn. Sansevieria trifasciata)

Quotations

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Danish

Alternative forms

Noun

tigre c

  1. indefinite plural of tiger

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tigris.

Pronunciation

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigresse)

  1. tiger

Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From Latin tīgris.

Pronunciation

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

  1. tiger

Interlingua

Noun

tigre

  1. tiger

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tigris.

Pronunciation

Noun

tigre f (plural tigri)

  1. tiger (male or female)

Derived terms

Related 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

  • Audio (Béarn)(file)

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

  1. tiger

Old French

Noun

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

  1. tiger

Noun

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

  1. tigress

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
tigre

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

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

  1. tiger

Derived terms

Related terms

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/
  • Audio (Colombia):(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
  5. (colloquial, Spain) toilet, WC

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/,
  • Hyphenation: tig‧re

Noun

tigre (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜒ)

  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).
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