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tiger
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English
Alternative spellings
- tyger (dated)
Etymology
- From Middle English tigre < Old English tīgras (pl.) and influenced by Old French tigre, both < Latin tigris < Greek τίγρις, possibly of Iranian origin.
- Middle Dutch: tijger
Pronunciation
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -aɪɡə(r)
Noun
Singular |
Plural |
- A large carnivorous animal (Panthera tigris) of the cat family indigenous to Asia.
- (Template loop detected: Template:context 1) A leopard.
- 1976, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick: Jock of the Bushveld p.251. Longmans ISBN 0582161231. (First published 1907).
- "Jim rearked irrelevantly that tigers were 'schelms' and it was his conviction that there were a great many in the kloofs round about."
- (US, Template loop detected: Template:context 1) A person (especially a man) very who is very athletic during intercourse.
Scientific names
Related terms
Translations
The mammal
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Norwegian
Noun
tiger m. (definite singular [[tigeren]]; indefinite plural [[tigre/tigere]]; definite plural [[tigrene/tigerene]])
- tiger mammal
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
Inflection for tiger | Singular | Plural | ||
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common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
Nominative | tiger | tigern | tigrar | tigrarna |
Genitive | tigers | tigerns | tigrars | tigrarnas |
tiger c.
- tiger, an animal
Verb
tiger
- present tense of tiga
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