weretiger

English

Etymology

From were- +‎ tiger.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪətaɪɡə/, /ˈwɛətaɪɡə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛɹtaɪɡɚ/, /ˈwɪɹtaɪɡɚ/

Noun

weretiger (plural weretigers)

1. (fiction, mythological) A creature of Southeast Asian myth; a shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a tiger.

Hypernyms

• werecat
• shapeshifter
• therianthrope

Coordinate terms

• wererat
• werewolf

Translations

shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a tiger

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 虎人 (zh) (hǔrén)

• Dutch: weertijger m
• Finnish: ihmistiikeri
• French: tigre-garou (fr) m
• German: Wertiger m
• Indonesian: siluman harimau
• Japanese: 虎人間 (tora ningen), 虎人 (kojin), 人虎 (jinko), 虎男 (torao)
• Korean: 인호(人虎) (inho)
• Malay: harimau jadian
• Portuguese: homem-tigre m
• Thai: เสือสมิง