tyger
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English tigre, from Old English tīgras (pl) and influenced by Old French tigre, both, from Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις, possibly of Iranian origin.
Noun [edit]
tyger (plural tygers)
- (obsolete) A tiger.
- 1794, William Blake, "The Tyger", Songs Of Experience
- Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
- In the forests of the night,
- What immortal hand or eye
- Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
- 1794, William Blake, "The Tyger", Songs Of Experience
Swedish [edit]
Noun [edit]
tyger
- indefinite plural of tyg
