tigre
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- tiger
- (Latin America) jaguar
- angry or fierce person
- an energic or expert male lover
Etymology
Derived from Latin tīgris (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
- tigrillo English
- tigrem Latin
- tigris Latin
- tīgris Latin
- Tiger German
- atigrado Spanish, Castilian
- tigrillo Spanish, Castilian
- τίγρις Ancient Greek
- tigre Portuguese
- tigre Catalan, Valencian
- tigre Galician
- טיגריס Hebrew (modern)
- tiger Slovene
- тигръ Old East Slavic
- ϫⲓⲕⲣⲓⲥ Coptic
- טיגריס Aramaic
- tigre Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- tigr Zoogocho Zapotec
- cotigre San Juan Atzingo Popoloca
- ico San Juan Atzingo Popoloca
- xa̱ltigri̱llo Highland Puebla Nahuatl