tygre
Middle English
/ˈtiːɡər/
noun
Definitions
- tiger The felid Panthera tigris
- (figurative) A dangerous or ferocious individual.
Etymology
Borrowed from tigre inherited 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
- she-tiger English
- tiger English
- tigerdom English
- tigerfish English
- tigerhood English
- tigerish English
- tigerism English
- tigerless English
- tigerlike English
- tigerly English
- tigerskin English
- tigerstripe English
- tigerwood English
- tigery English
- tigress English
- weretiger English
- tigrem Latin
- tigrifer Latin
- tigrinus Latin
- tigris Latin
- tīgris Latin
- Tiger German
- tigris Hungarian
- tigre Italian
- tigre French
- τίγρις Ancient Greek
- tiger Norwegian Bokmål
- tiger Norwegian Nynorsk
- tiger Old English
- tigras Old English
- tīgras Old English
- tíogar Irish
- tigre Old French
- tígrisdýr Icelandic
- teigr Welsh
- tīģeris Latvian
- טיגריס Hebrew (modern)
- tiger Slovene
- тигръ Old East Slavic
- ϫⲓⲕⲣⲓⲥ Coptic
- taikō Marshallese
- tigre xno
- tiger Cornish
- טיגריס Aramaic
- taika Maori