tigre

See also: Tigre, tigré, Tigré, and tîgre

English

Noun

tigre (plural tigres)

1. Obsolete form of tiger.

Anagrams

• Tiger, greit, tiger

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾe]
• Rhymes: -iɡɾe
• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

1. tiger

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin tīgris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiɡre/ [t̪i.ɣ̞re]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɡre, -e
• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

Noun

tigre anim

1. tiger

Declension

Declension of tigre (animate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	tigre	tigrea	tigreak
ergative	tigrek	tigreak	tigreek
dative	tigreri	tigreari	tigreei
genitive	tigreren	tigrearen	tigreen
comitative	tigrerekin	tigrearekin	tigreekin
causative	tigrerengatik	tigrearengatik	tigreengatik
benefactive	tigrerentzat	tigrearentzat	tigreentzat
instrumental	tigrez	tigreaz	tigreez
inessive	tigrerengan	tigrearengan	tigreengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	tigrerengana	tigrearengana	tigreengana
terminative	tigrerenganaino	tigrearenganaino	tigreenganaino
directive	tigrerenganantz	tigrearenganantz	tigreenganantz
destinative	tigrerenganako	tigrearenganako	tigreenganako
ablative	tigrerengandik	tigrearengandik	tigreengandik
partitive	tigrerik	—	—
prolative	tigretzat	—	—

Further reading

• “tigre”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “tigre”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tigre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈti.ɡɾe]
• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

Noun

tígre (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜍᜒ)

1. tiger

See also

• leon
• sarimaw

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tīgris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈti.ɣɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈti.ɣɾe]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɡɾe
• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigressa)

1. tiger

Derived terms

• tigressa

Further reading

• “tigre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tigre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “tigre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tigre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tigre, from Latin tīgris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ɡɾ̪e]
• Rhymes: -iɡɾe
• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

Noun

tigre (Badlit spelling ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. a tiger (Panthera tigris); a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia
2. viper's bowstring hemp (Dracaena trifasciata, syn. Sansevieria trifasciata)

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:tigre.

Danish

Alternative forms

• tigere

Noun

tigre c

1. indefinite plural of tiger

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tigris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiɡʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigresse)

1. tiger

Derived terms

• jaloux comme un tigre
• porcelaine tigre
• requin tigre
• tigre à dents de sabre
• tigre de papier
• tigre du Bengale
• Tigres tamouls

Further reading

• “tigre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin tīgris.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾɪ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾɪ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈtiħɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ħɾɪ]

 

• Rhymes: -iɡɾe

• Rhymes: -iɡɾe
• Rhymes: -iħɾe

• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

1. tiger

Interlingua

Noun

tigre

1. tiger

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tigris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.ɡre/
• Rhymes: -iɡre
• Hyphenation: tì‧gre

Noun

tigre f (plural tigri)

1. tiger (male or female)

Derived terms

• tigre del Bengala
• tigre di carta
• tigre della Siberia

Related terms

• tigrato
• tigrotto

Further reading

• tigre in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• greti, tergi

Leonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/, [ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾe]
• Rhymes: -iɡɾe
• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

1. tiger

References

• tigre at the Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano.

Middle English

Noun

tigre

1. Alternative form of tygre

Middle French

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

1. tiger

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• tigere, tigrer

Noun

tigre m

1. indefinite plural of tiger

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)

1. tiger

Old French

Noun

tigre oblique singular, m (oblique plural tigres, nominative singular tigres, nominative plural tigre)

1. tiger

Noun

tigre oblique singular, f (oblique plural tigres, nominative singular tigre, nominative plural tigres)

1. tigress

Portuguese

tigre

Etymology

From Latin tīgris (“tiger”), from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris, “tiger”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ɡɾɨ/ [ˈti.ɣɾɨ]

• Homophone: Tigre
• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigresa, feminine plural tigresas)

1. tiger

Derived terms

• olho de tigre
• pão tigre
• tigrado
• tigrão
• tigre asiático
• tigre de papel
• tigre-da-tasmânia
• tigre-de-bengala
• tigre-de-java
• tigre-de-sumatra
• tigre-dente-de-sabre
• tigre-siberiano
• tigrinho
• tubarão-tigre

Related terms

• ligre
• tigrino

Descendants

• → Tetum: tigre

Further reading

• “tigre”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tīgris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾe]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɡɾe
• Syllabification: ti‧gre

Noun

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigresa, feminine plural tigresas)

1. tiger
2. (Latin America) jaguar
3. angry or fierce person
4. an energic or expert male lover
5. (colloquial, Spain) toilet, WC

Hypernyms

• felino
• félido
• panterino

Derived terms

• atigrado
• estar para el tigre
• gato tigre
• hijo de tigre
• leche de tigre
• mosquito tigre
• ojo de tigre
• tiburón tigre
• tigre asiático
• tigre de Amur
• tigre de Bengala
• tigre de Java
• tigre de Sumatra
• tigre de Tasmania
• tigre siberiano
• tigrecito
• tigresa
• tigrillo

Descendants

• → Cebuano: tigre
• → San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: cotigre
• → Tagalog: tigre
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: tigre
• → Zoogocho Zapotec: tigr

Further reading

• “tigre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• grite, grité

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tigre, from Latin tīgris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈt̪iː.ɡɾɛ]
• Rhymes: -iɡɾe
• Syllabification: ti‧gre

Noun

tigre (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. tiger
2. Phalaenopsis schilleriana (a type of orchid)
3. (figurative) fierce, belligerent person

See also

• halimaw

Further reading

• “tigre”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “tigre”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish tigre.

Noun

tigre

1. Tiger (Panthera tigris).
   • 1964, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, “Ini nonca yulcötl itucö tigre”, in Yulcöme‎^[1], México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 5:

     Inu tigre lalebis piero icaca hua lalebis cuesijqui.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)