tyger

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English tigre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

Swedish

Noun

tyger

  1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of tyg
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