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.
   • [1669, Nievhoff, John, John Ogilby, transl., An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China‎^[1], London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 240:

     Near to Cinyuen, in the Province of Junnan, is the Mountain Nilo, where is great abundance of Tygers and Leopards.]

   • 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

Swedish

Noun

tyger

1. indefinite plural of tyg.