tigon

English

A tigon

Etymology

Blend of tiger +‎ lion

Pronunciation

• enPR: tī'gən, IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪɡən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪɡən

Noun

tigon (plural tigons)

1. A cross between a male tiger and a lioness.
   • 1985, Hartson & Dawson, The Ultimate Irrelevant Encyclopedia, page 66:

     Tigons, ligers and a zeedonk have also been created by miscegenating mammals.

Translations

cross between a male tiger and a lioness

• Finnish: tiikoni (fi)
• French: tigron (fr) m, tiglon (fr) m
• German: Töwe m
• Italian: tigone (it) m
• Polish: tyglew m
• Portuguese: tigreão (pt) m
• Russian: тигроле́в (ru) m (tigrolév)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лигар m

  Latin: ligar (sh) m

• Spanish: tigrón m
• Swedish: tigon (sv) n
• Welsh: teiglew m

See also

• liger
• tigon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “tigon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• ingot, Tiong, got in, toing

Esperanto

Noun

tigon

1. accusative singular of tigo

Swedish

Noun

tigon n or c

1. a tigon (cat born to a male tiger and a lioness)

Usage notes

Neuter gender is based on the gender of lejon (a rare neuter-gendered animal), though common gender is intuitive as well (and appears in the media).

Declension

Declension of tigon

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tigon	tigons
	definite	tigonet	tigonets
plural	indefinite	tigon	tigons
	definite	tigonen	tigonens

See also

• liger
• liliger