tige

See also: tǐgé

English

Etymology

Borrowing 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. genitive singular of tech
2. genitive dual of tech
3. nominative plural of tech
4. vocative plural of tech
5. accusative plural of tech
6. genitive plural of tech

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!