liger

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Contents

1 English
2 Latin
- 2.1 Verb
3 Romansch
- 3.1 Etymology 1
  - 3.1.1 Adjective
    - 3.1.1.1 Synonyms
- 3.2 Etymology 2
  - 3.2.1 Verb
    - 3.2.1.1 Alternative forms

English [edit]

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Liger

A liger.

Four ligers lying down.

Etymology [edit]

Blend of lion and tiger

Pronunciation [edit]

Rhymes: -aɪɡə(r)

Noun [edit]

liger (plural ligers)

An animal born to a male lion and a tigress.

Hyponyms [edit]

ligress

Translations [edit]

animal born to a male lion and a tigress

Chinese:

Mandarin: 獅虎 (cmn), 狮虎 (cmn) (shīhǔ)
Danish: liger (da) c
Dutch: lijger m

Finnish: liikeri (fi)
French: tigron m, tiglon m
Russian: лигр (ligr) m
Spanish: ligre (es) m

See also [edit]

tigon

Anagrams [edit]

girle
Rigel

Latin [edit]

Verb [edit]

liger

first-person singular present passive subjunctive of ligō

Romansch [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Vulgar Latin *leviārius, from Classical Latin levis (“light; not heavy”).

Adjective [edit]

liger m f ligera, m plural ligers, f plural ligeras)

(Puter, Vallader) light (of weight)
(Puter, Vallader) easy

Synonyms [edit]

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) lev
(Sutsilvan) leav
(Vallader) leiv

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Latin legō, legere.

Verb [edit]

liger

(Sutsilvan, Surmiran) to read

Alternative forms [edit]

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Vallader) leger
(Puter) ler

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