tyger

English

Etymology

From Middle English tigre, from Old English tīgras (pl) and influenced by Old French tigre, both, from Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris), possibly of Iranian origin.

Noun

tyger (plural tygers)

1. (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?

2. (heraldry) Alternative form of tiger

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Swedish

Noun

tyger

1. indefinite plural of tyg