tige

See also: tǐgé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French tige (“stem”), from Latin tibia (“shin bone, leg”).

Noun

tige (plural tiges)

1. (firearms, historical) A steel pin in early rifles.
2. A stalk.
3. The shaft of a column.

Anagrams

• gite, gîte

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Estonian

Etymology

Related to Livonian tig.

Adjective

tige (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. angry

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French

Etymology

From Latin tībia. Compare the borrowed doublet tibia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiʒ/

• audio (CA)

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Noun

tige f (plural tiges)

1. stem (of a plant etc.)
2. sapling
3. shank
4. (dated) ciggie, cig, fag, smoke

Derived terms

• coton-tige (“cotton swab”)

Further reading

• “tige” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• gîte

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɪɟɪ/

Verb

tige

1. (Ulster, parts of Munster) Alternative form of taga, the present subjunctive analytic of tar.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tige	thige	dtige
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• taige

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲiɣʲe/

Noun

tige n

1. inflection of tech:
   1. genitive singular
   2. genitive dual
   3. nominative and vocative and accusative and genitive plural

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
tige	thige	tige pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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West Frisian

Adjective

tige

1. much, many

Adverb

tige

1. much, very

   Tige tank! ― Thank you very much!