tijger
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈtɛi̯ɣər/
noun
Definitions
- tiger, Panthera tigris
- (Surinam) jaguar, Panthera onca
- (Surinam) puma, cougar, Puma concolor
- (South Africa) leopard, panther, Panthera pardus
- (figurative) A fast-growing or prosperous Asian economy, usually located in East Asia or Southeast Asia.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch tiger derived from Old French tigre derived from Latin tigris (tiger).
Origin
Latin
tigris
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
- tigrifer Latin
- tigrinus Latin
- tigris Latin
- Tiger German
- tigris Hungarian
- tigre Italian
- haai Dutch, Flemish
- kroeg Dutch, Flemish
- kroegtijger Dutch, Flemish
- python Dutch, Flemish
- spin Dutch, Flemish
- tijgerhaai Dutch, Flemish
- tijgerin Dutch, Flemish
- tijgerpython Dutch, Flemish
- tijgerspin Dutch, Flemish
- vergaderen Dutch, Flemish
- vergadertijger Dutch, Flemish
- tigre French
- τίγρις Ancient Greek
- tiger Norwegian Bokmål
- tiger Norwegian Nynorsk
- tiger Old English
- tigras Old English
- tīgras Old English
- tigre Old French
- tígrisdýr Icelandic
- tiger Middle Dutch
- tīģeris Latvian
- tier Afrikaans
- tierboskat Afrikaans
- tigre xno