tigre

tigre (plural tigres)

1. Obsolete form of tiger.

• Tiger, greit, tiger

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/, [ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾe]
• Rhymes: -iɡɾe
• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

tigre m (plural tigres)

1. tiger

Ultimately from Latin tīgris.

• IPA^(key): /tiɡre/ [t̪i.ɣ̞re]

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• Rhymes: -iɡre
• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

tigre anim

1. tiger

• "tigre" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “tigre” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈti.ɣɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈti.ɣɾe]

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• Rhymes: -iɡɾe
• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigressa)

1. tiger

• tigressa

• “tigre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tigre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “tigre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tigre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/, [ˈt̪iɡ.ɾ̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -iɡɾe
• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

tigre (Badlit spelling ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜒ)

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)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tigre.

• tigere

tigre c

1. indefinite plural of tiger

Borrowed from Latin tigris.

• IPA^(key): /tiɡʁ/

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tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigresse)

1. tiger

• “tigre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Latin tīgris.

• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

tigre m (plural tigres)

1. tiger

tigre

1. tiger

From Latin tigris.

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

tigre f (plural tigri)

1. tiger (male or female)

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

• tigrato
• tigrotto

• tigre in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• greti, tergi

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/, [ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾe]
• Rhymes: -iɡɾe
• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

tigre m (plural tigres)

1. tiger

• AEDLL

tigre

1. Alternative form of tygre

tigre m (plural tigres)

1. tiger

• tigere, tigrer

tigre m

1. indefinite plural of tiger

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tigre m (plural tigres)

1. tiger

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

1. tiger

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

1. tigress

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

• Homophone: Tigre
• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

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

1. tiger

• tigre asiático

• tigrino

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾe]

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• Rhymes: -iɡɾe
• Syllabification: ti‧gre

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

• felino
• félido
• panterino

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

• “tigre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• grite, grité

Borrowed from Spanish tigre.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈtiɡ.ɾɛ]
• Rhymes: -iɡɾe
• Syllabification: tig‧re

tigre (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. tiger
2. Phalaenopsis schilleriana (a type of orchid)
3. (figurative) fierce, belligerent person

• halimaw

From Spanish tigre.

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.

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