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A tiger.

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[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

tyger (dated)

[edit] Etymology

From Old French tigre, from (accusative form of) Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις, possibly of Iranian origin.

[edit] Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ˈtaɪɡə/
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Rhymes: -aɪɡə(r)

[edit] Noun

Singular
tiger

Plural
tigers

tiger (plural tigers)

Panthera tigris, a large carnivorous animal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
(South African, dated but still used) A leopard.
- 1907, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, Jock of the Bushveld, Longmans 1976 ed., ISBN 0582161231, page 251:
Jim remarked irrelevantly that tigers were 'schelms' and it was his conviction that there were a great many in the kloofs round about.
(US, slang) A person who is very athletic during intercourse.

[edit] Scientific names

Panthera tigris

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[edit] Translations

The mammal Panthera tigris

Afrikaans: tier af(af)
Amuzgo: kítziaⁿ
Arabic: نِمْر ar(ar) (nimr) m., بَبرٌ (babr) m.

Egyptian Arabic: نمر (nimr) m.
Aramaic:

Syriac: ܛܝܓܪܝܣ m. (Ṭīgrīs)

Hebrew: טיגריס he(he) m. (Ṭīgrīs)
Armenian: վագր hy(hy) (vagr)
Belarusian: тыгра be(be) f. (tigra)
Binisayâ: tigre
Bosnian: tigar bs(bs) m.
Bulgarian: тигър bg(bg) (tígər) m.
Burmese: ကား my(my) (kà)
Catalan: tigre ca(ca) m.
Chinese: 虎 cmn(cmn) (hǔ)
Croatian: tigar hr(hr) m.
Czech: tygr cs(cs) m.
Danish: tiger da(da) c.
Dutch: tijger nl(nl) m.
Esperanto: tigro eo(eo)
Finnish: tiikeri fi(fi)
French: tigre fr(fr) m.
Georgian: ვეფხვი ka(ka) (vep’xvi)
German: Tiger de(de) m.

Middle High German: tiger, tigertier

Old High German: tigir, tigirtior
Greek: τίγρη el(el) (tígrē) m. and f.

Ancient Greek: τίγρις (tígris) m. and f.
Greenlandic: tiigeri kl(kl)
Guaraní: jaguarete gn(gn)
Hebrew: טיגריס he(he) (tigris) m.
Hindi: बाघ hi(hi) m. (bāgh), व्याघ्र hi(hi) m. (vyāghra)
Hungarian: tigris hu(hu)
Indonesian: harimau id(id), macan id(id)
Interlingua: tigre ia(ia)
Irish: tíogar ga(ga) m.
Italian: tigre it(it) f.
Japanese: 虎 ja(ja), トラ ja(ja) (とら ja(ja), torá)
Kannada: ಹುಲಿ kn(kn) (huli)
Khmer: ខ្លាធំ km(km) (khlā-thum)

Korean: 호랑이 ko(ko) (horang-i)
Kurdish: پڵنگ ku(ku)
Lao: ເສືອ lo(lo) (syya)
Latin: tīgris la(la) m. and f.
Latvian: tīģeris lv(lv) m.
Lithuanian: tigras lt(lt) m.
Macedonian: тигар mk(mk) (tígar) m.
Malayalam: പുലി ml(ml) (puli), വ്യാഘ്രം ml(ml) (vyaaghram)
Manchu: tasha
Navajo: náshdóítsoh noodǫ́zígíí
Norwegian: tiger no(no) m.
Pashto: پړانګ ps(ps) (pṛāng)
Persian: ببر fa(fa) (babr)
Polish: tygrys pl(pl) m.
Portuguese: tigre pt(pt) m.
Romanian: tigru ro(ro) m.
Russian: тигр ru(ru) (tigr) m.
Sanskrit: व्याघ्रः sa(sa) m. (vyāghraḥ)
Serbian:

Cyrillic: тигар sr(sr) m.

Roman: tigar sr(sr) m.
Sinhala: කොටියා si(si) (koṭiya)
Slovak: tiger sk(sk) m.
Slovene: tiger sl(sl) m.
Spanish: tigre es(es) m.
Swedish: tiger sv(sv) c.
Tamazight: aghilas m.
Tamil: புலி ta(ta) (puli)
Telugu: పులి te(te) (puli)
Thai: เสือ th(th) (seua)
Tibetan: tag
Tupinambá: îagûara, îagûareté
Turkish: kaplan tr(tr)
Ukrainian: тигр uk(uk) m. (tyhr)
Vietnamese: con hổ vi(vi), con cọp vi(vi)
Volapük: tiaf vo(vo)
Welsh: teigr cy(cy) m.
West Frisian: tiger fy(fy) c.
Xhosa: ingwe xh(xh)
Zulu: ingwe zu(zu)

[edit] Anagrams

Anagrams of egirt
Tigre

[edit] Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Tiger

Wikipedia ^da

[edit] Etymology

From German Tiger, from Latin tigris.

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /tiger/, [ˈtˢiːa̯]
Homophones: tier

[edit] Noun

tiger c. (singular definite tigeren, plural indefinite tigere or tigre)

tiger

[edit] Inflection

Inflection of “tiger”

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	tiger	tigeren	tigere tigre	tigerne tigrene
genitive	tigers	tigerens	tigeres tigres	tigernes tigrenes

[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

tiger m. (definite singular tigeren; indefinite plural tigre/tigere; definite plural tigrene/tigerene)

tiger mammal

[edit] Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

Tiger

Wikipedia ^sl

Tiger

[edit] Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris).

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈtigər/

[edit] Noun

tíger m. (dual tigra, plural tigri) animate

tiger

[edit] Declension

declension of tiger

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	tiger	tigra	tigri
genitive	tigra	tigrov	tigrov
dative	tigru	tigroma	tigrom
accusative	tigra	tigra	tigre
locative	o tigru	o tigrih	o tigrih
instrumental	s tigrom	s tigroma	s tigri

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for tiger	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	tiger	tigern	tigrar	tigrarna
Possessive form	tigers	tigerns	tigrars	tigrarnas

tiger c.

tiger, an animal

[edit] Verb

tiger

present tense of tiga

tiger

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