tiger
English
/ˈtaɪɡɚ/, /ˈtaɪɡə/
noun
Definitions
- a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
- (heraldiccharge) A representation of a large mythological cat, used on a coat of arms.
- (obsolete) A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.
- (South Africa) A leopard.
- (US) A person who is very athletic during sexual intercourse.
- (figurative) A ferocious, bloodthirsty and audacious person.
- (US) A kind of growl or screech, after cheering.
- A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
- A tiger moth in the family Arctiidae.
- A tiger beetle.
- A in tribe , especially subtribe
- A relatively small country or group of countries with a fast-growing economy.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English tygre derived from Old English tigras derived from Latin tigris (tiger) derived from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tiger).
Origin
Ancient Greek
τίγρις
Gloss
tiger
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
虎
Emoji
🐅 🐯
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Tigerville English
- fish English
- she-tiger English
- skin English
- stripe English
- tigerdom English
- tigerfish English
- tigerhood English
- tigerish English
- tigerishly English
- tigerishness English
- tigerism English
- tigerless English
- tigerlike English
- tigerly English
- tigerskin English
- tigerstripe English
- tigerwood English
- tigery English
- tigress English
- weretiger English
- wood English
- tigrem Latin
- tigrifer Latin
- tigrinus Latin
- tigris Latin
- tīgris Latin
- Tiger German
- tigris Hungarian
- squalo tigre Italian
- tigratura Italian
- tigre Italian
- tigresco Italian
- tigrotto Italian
- tigre French
- τίγρις Ancient Greek
- tiger Norwegian Bokmål
- tiger Norwegian Nynorsk
- tiger Old English
- tigras Old English
- tīgras Old English
- *tigrish Middle English
- tygre Middle English
- tigre Old French
- tígrisdýr Icelandic
- teigr Welsh
- teigrod Welsh
- tīģeris Latvian
- טיגריס Hebrew (modern)
- tiger Slovene
- тигръ Old East Slavic
- ϫⲓⲕⲣⲓⲥ Coptic
- taikō Marshallese
- tigre xno
- tiger Cornish
- טיגריס Aramaic
- taika Maori