tigre

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 (the mammal Panthera tigris)

Basque

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

tigre

  1. tiger

Declension


Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

  1. tiger

Derived terms


Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ti‧gre

Noun

tigre

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

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:tigre.


Danish

Alternative forms

Noun

tigre c

  1. indefinite plural of tiger

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiɡʁ/
  • (file)

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigresse)

  1. tiger

Further reading


Galician

Etymology

From Latin tīgris

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

  1. tiger

Interlingua

Noun

tigre

  1. tiger

Italian

Noun

tigre f (plural tigri)

  1. tiger (male)
  2. tigress (female)

Derived terms

  • tigre del Bengala
  • tigre di carta
  • tigre della Siberia

Anagrams


Latin

Noun

tīgre

  1. ablative singular of tīgris

Leonese

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

  1. tiger

References


Middle English

Noun

tigre (plural tigres)

  1. tiger

Middle French

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

  1. tiger

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

tigre m

  1. indefinite plural of tiger

Occitan

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

  1. tiger

Old French

Noun

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

  1. tiger

Noun

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

  1. tigress

Portuguese

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


Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/, [ˈt̪iɣɾe]

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

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Further reading

Anagrams


Tagalog

Noun

tigre (plural, mga tigre)

  1. tiger

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tigre.

Noun

tigre

  1. 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)
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