Tigre

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See also: tigre, tigré, and Tigré

English

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Etymology

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From Tigre ትግሬ (təgre).

Proper noun

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Tigre

  1. A Semitic language of northern Eritrea, closely related to Tigrinya.

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Noun

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Tigre pl (plural only)

  1. A group of agricultural Tigrinya-speaking people in northern Ethiopia.
  2. A group of nomadic Tigre-speaking people in northern Eritrea.

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Anagrams

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Afar

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Etymology

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From Tigre ትግሬ (təgre).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tiɡˈre/ [tɪɡˈɾɛ]
  • Hyphenation: Tig‧re

Noun

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Tigré f (singulative Tigréyta m or Tigreytá f)

  1. (collective) Tigre people

Declension

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Declension of Tigré
absolutive Tigré
predicative Tigré
subjective Tigré
genitive Tigré
Postpositioned forms
l-case Tigrél
k-case Tigrék
t-case Tigrét
h-case Tigréh

References

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  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

French

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Etymology

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From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (ÍDIdiqlat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (ÍDIdigna, ÍDIdigina, literally fast as an arrow).

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Proper noun

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Tigre m

  1. Tigris (river)

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (ÍDIdiqlat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (ÍDIdigna, ÍDIdigina, literally fast as an arrow).

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Proper noun

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Tigre m

  1. Tigris (a river in the Middle East)

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