tijger
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Twee spelende tijgers. — Two playing tigers.
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Dutch tiger, from Old French tigre, from Latin tigris.
Pronunciation
Noun
tijger m (plural tijgers, diminutive tijgertje n, feminine tijgerin)
- A tiger, Panthera tigris
- (Suriname) A jaguar, Panthera onca
- Synonyms: gevlekte tijger, jaguar
- (Suriname) A puma, cougar, Puma concolor
- Synonyms: bergleeuw, poema, rode tijger
- (South Africa, obsolete) A leopard, panther, Panthera pardus
- (figurative) A fast-growing or prosperous, usually Asian economy; usually located in East Asia or Southeast Asia but formerly also used for Ireland.
- (figurative, in compounds) A fanatic, enthusiastic or otherwise highly motivated person
Derived terms
- Bengaalse tijger
- dossiertijger
- getijgerd
- Javaanse tijger
- kantoortijger
- Kaspische tijger
- kroegtijger
- papieren tijger
- partijtijger
- sabeltandtijger
- Siberische tijger
- Sumatraanse tijger
- tijgerbalsem
- tijgerblauwtje
- tijgerbrood
- tijgeren
- tijgerhaai
- tijgerkat
- tijgerklauw
- tijgerlelie
- tijgerpython
- tijgerslang
- tijgerstrepen
- tijgervel
- vergadertijger