tiger
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From Old French tigre, from (accusative form of) Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις, possibly of Iranian origin.
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tiger (plural tigers)
- Panthera tigris, a large carnivorous animal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
- A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. XVII, The Beginnings
- The doom of Fate was, Be thou a Dandy! Have thy eye-glasses, opera-glasses, thy Long-Acre cabs with white-breeched tiger, thy yawning impassivities, pococurantisms; fix thyself in Dandyhood, undeliverable; it is thy doom.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. XVII, The Beginnings
- (South Africa, 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.
- 1907, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, Jock of the Bushveld, Longmans 1976 ed., ISBN 0582161231, page 251:
- (US, slang) A person who is very athletic during intercourse.
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The mammal Panthera tigris
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From German Tiger, from Latin tigris.
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tiger c. (singular definite tigeren, plural indefinite tigere or tigre)
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Inflection of tiger
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From Latin tigris.
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tiger
- tiger, Panthera tigris
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Inflection of tiger
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- “tiger” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
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Ultimately from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris).
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- IPA: /ˈtiɡər/
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tíger m. (dual tigra, plural tigri) animate
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declension of tiger
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- balijski tiger
- bengalski tiger
- indonezijski tiger
- javanski tiger
- južnokitajski tiger
- kaspijski tiger, perzijski tiger
- malezijski tiger
- sibirski tiger
- sumatranski tiger
- trinilski tiger
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tiger c.
- tiger, an animal
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Declension of tiger
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tiger
- present tense of tiga.
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