tiger

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Alternative forms

tigre (obsolete)
tyger (dated)

Etymology 1

From Middle English tygre, in part from Old English tigras (pl.), in part from Anglo-Norman tigre, both from Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris), from Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬔𐬭𐬌 (tigri, “arrow”), 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀 (tiγra, “pointed”)). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce, prick, be sharp”). Compare English stick.

Pronunciation

(General American) enPR: tī'gər, IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪɡɚ/
(Canada, Inland Northern American, New England, some speakers) IPA^(key): [ˈtʌɪɡɚ]
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪɡə/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -aɪɡə(ɹ)
Homophone: taiga (non-rhotic)

Noun

tiger (plural tigers)

Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 14, page 311:
  For with ſuch puiſſance and impetuous maine / Thoſe Champions broke on them, that forſt the fly, / Like ſcattered Sheepe, whenas the Shepherds ſwaine / A Lyon and a Tigre doth eſpye, / With greedy pace forth ruſhing from the foreſt nye.
Hypernym: felid

Hyponyms: tiger cub, tigress
1. A male tiger; as opposed to a tigress.
  Coordinate term: tigress
(heraldry) A representation of a large mythological cat, used on a coat of arms.
- 1968, Charles MacKinnon of Dunakin, The Observer's Book of Heraldry, page 69:
  The heraldic tiger is a mythical beast, quite unlike a real tiger which is described in heraldry as a Bengal tiger. The ordinary tiger has no stripes, has a horn protruding from its nose, has tusks like a boar and a tufted mane, and has a lion's tail instead of a tiger's.
(South Africa, dated but still used) A leopard.
- 1907, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, Jock of the Bushveld, Longmans, published 1976, →ISBN, page 251:
  Jim remarked irrelevantly that tigers were 'schelms' and it was his conviction that there were a great many in the kloofs round about.
A relatively small country or group of countries with a fast-growing economy.
- 2000, Jagdish Handa, Monetary Economics, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 709:
  In this scenario, the growth rates are higher for the economic tigers than for the other economies.
- 2009, Fabrizio Tassinari, Why Europe Fears Its Neighbors, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 21:
  Then came the 2008 credit turmoil and ensuing economic slump, which not only belittled the huge economic and social gains of the various Baltic and Celtic Tigers, as well as of several former communist nations of Central Europe.
- 2014, Emmanuel Akyeampong, Robert H. Bates, Nathan Nunn, James Robinson, Africa's Development in Historical Perspective, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 287:
  Once colonial or settler rule ended, such enterprises either lost the crutches of state support or became “white elephants,” draining resources from the wider economy. This was an important factor holding back the emergence of African tigers.
(obsolete) A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.
- 1836, “Boz” [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Sketches by “Boz,” Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Macrone, […], →OCLC:
  We arranged that I should come here alone in the London coach; and that he, leaving his tiger and cab behind him, should come on , and arrive here as soon as possible this afternoon
- 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. XVII, The Beginnings”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk):
  The doom of Fate was, Be thou a Dandy! Have thy eye-glasses, opera-glasses, thy Long-Acre cabs with white-breeched tiger, thy yawning impassivities, pococurantisms; fix thyself in Dandyhood, undeliverable; it is thy doom.
(US, slang) A person who is very athletic during sexual intercourse.
- 2010, Jeff Wilser, The Maxims of Manhood:
  Don't […] Tell your roommate that you heard the walls shaking all night, and it sounds like he's a real tiger in the sack.
(figurative) A ferocious, bloodthirsty and audacious person.
- c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  As for that heinous tiger, Tamora,
  No funeral rite, nor man in mournful weeds,
  No mournful bell shall ring her burial;
  But throw her forth to beasts, and birds of prey.
A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
A tiger moth in the family Arctiidae.
A tiger beetle.
Any of the three Australian species of black-and-yellow striped dragonflies of the genus Ictinogomphus.
A tiger butterfly in tribe Danaini, especially subtribe Danaina

Usage notes

In heraldry, many writers use spellings such as tyger or tygre to distinguish the mythological beast from the natural tiger (also blazoned Bengal tiger), which also occurs in heraldry.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Volapük: tigrid
→ Welsh: teigr

Translations

The mammal Panthera tigris

A-Hmao: 𖼯𖽙𖾑
Abkhaz: атигр (atʼigr)
Acehnese: rimuëng
Adyghe: къаплъэн (qaplˢɛn), къэплъан (qɛplˢan)
Afrikaans: tier (af)
Ahom: 𑜏𑜢𑜤𑜰𑜫 (sü0), 𑜏𑜢𑜤𑜈𑜫 (süw)
Aiton: ꩬိုဝ် (süw)
Alabama: kowibasbaki, kowiɬahkachi
Albanian: tigër (sq) m
Amharic: ነብር (näbr)
Angami: tekhu
Aoheng: sengiru, sengiro, singiro
Arabic: نِمْر (ar) m (nimr), بَبْر (ar) m (babr)
Egyptian Arabic: نمر m (nimr)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܛܝܓܪܝܣ f (ṭīḡrīs), ܒܒܪܐ m (/⁠bbrʾ⁠/)

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: טִיגְרִיס m (ṭîḡrîs)
Archi: цӏиркъ (cʼirqʼ)
Armenian: վագր (hy) (vagr)
Assamese: ঢেঁকীয়াপতীয়া বাঘ (dhẽkiapotia bagh), বাঘ (bagh) (hypernym)
Asturian: tigre (ast) m
Avar: цӏиркъ (cʼirqxʼ)
Awadhi: बाघ m (bāgh)
Azerbaijani: pələng (az)
Baba Malay: arimo
Bahnar: kla
Balinese: macan
Baluchi: مزار (mazár)
Bashkir: юлбарыҫ (yulbarıś)
Basque: tigre (eu)
Batek: yah, ayok, ayõng, pangan, ãp, iyah, bek
Bau Bidayuh: rimoung
Belarusian: тыгр m (tyhr), ты́гра f (týhra) (colloquial)
Bengali: বাঘ (bn) (bagh)
Berawan: upo
Besisi: a'a, a'ak, tuéh, malap
Bhojpuri: बाघ (bāgh)
Bouyei: gugt, duezgugt
Breton: tigr (br) m
Buginese: macang
Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh: limo
Bulgarian: ти́гър (bg) m (tígǎr)
Bundeli: नाहर m (nāhar)
Burmese: ကျား (my) (kya:)
Burusu: mintik inon
Catalan: tigre (ca) m
Cebuano: tigre
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵖⵉⵍⴰⵙ m (aɣilas)
Central Dusun: rimau
Central Melanau: rimau, rimau baleng
Cham:
Eastern Cham: rimông, ramông

Western Cham: ramông
Chechen: цӏоькъалом (cʼöqʼalom)
Cheq Wong: kle, keli
Cherokee: ᏢᏓᏥ ᏧᎶᎸᏗ (tlvdatsi tsulolvdi)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 老虎 (lou⁵ fu²)

Dungan: лохў (lohw), хў (hw)

Eastern Min: 老虎 (lâu-hū)

Gan: 老虎 (lau³ 'fu³)

Hakka: 老虎 (lo-fú)

Hokkien: 虎 (zh-min-nan) (hó͘)

Jin: 老虎 (lau² hu²)

Mandarin: 老虎 (zh) (lǎohǔ), 虎 (zh) (hǔ) (classical or in compounds)

Wu: 老虎

Xiang: 老虎 (lau³ fu)
Chru: rơmòg
Coptic: ϫⲓⲕⲣⲓⲥ m (čikris)
Cornish: tiger m, tygra (kw)
Corsican: tigru (co) m
Czech: tygr (cs) m
Danish: tiger (da) c
Dhivehi: މިނިކާވަގަ (minikāvaga)
Dongxiang: basi
Dutch: tijger (nl) m
Dzongkha: སྟག (stag)
Embaloh: baro
Enggano: nimau
Erzya: бабри (babŕi)
Esperanto: tigro (eo)
Estonian: tiiger
Faroese: tikari m
Finnish: tiikeri (fi)
French: tigre (fr) m, tigresse (fr) f
Galician: tigre (gl) m, tigresa f
Gayo: kule
Georgian: ვეფხვი (ka) (vepxvi)
German: Tiger (de) m, Tigerin (de) f, Tigermännchen n (male), Tigerweibchen n (female)
Middle High German: tigertier n

Old High German: tigirtior n, tigritior n
Gondi: బుర్కల్ (burkal)
Gong: เดือ
Greek: τίγρη (el) m or f (tígri), τίγρης (el) m (tígris)
Ancient: τίγρις m or f (tígris)
Greenlandic: tiigeri (kl)
Guaraní: jaguarete
Guerrero Amuzgo: kítziaⁿ
Gujarati: વાઘ (gu) m (vāgh)
Haitian Creole: tig
Haroi: lĕmung
Hebrew: טִיגְרִיס (he) m (tígris)
Hindi: बाघ (hi) m (bāgh), व्याघ्र (hi) m (vyāghra), शेर (hi) m (śer), नाहर (hi) m (nāhar), केहर (hi) m (kehar)
Hungarian: tigris (hu)
Iban: remaung
Icelandic: tígur (is) m
Ida'an: kakkang (young)
Ido: tigro (io)
Igbo: please add this translation if you can
Indonesian: harimau (id)
Ingrian: tigra
Ingush: цӏокъ (cʼoqʼ)
Interlingua: tigre
Irish: tíogar (ga) m
Isthmus Zapotec: beedxeʼ
Italian: tigre (it) f
Jah Hut: kelaq
Japanese: 虎 (ja) (とら, tora), トラ (ja) (tora)
Jarai: rờmōng
Javanese: macan (jv), gémbong (ngoko), gogor (jv) (young), sima (krama), wiyagra (jv), sardula (jv), bowong (jv)
Jehai: ap, ju'ok, baling, putew
Kabardian: къаплъэн (kbd) (qaplˢɛn), хьэщомыщ (ḥɛśoməś)
Kalmyk: ирвск (irvsk)
Kannada: ಹುಲಿ (kn) (huli)
Karachay-Balkar: къаплан (qaplan)
Kazakh: жолбарыс (jolbarys)
Kedayan: haimau
Kelabit: balang
Kensiu: émet, tayok, ong
Kerinci: imaw
Khamti: please add this translation if you can
Khasi: khla
Khmer: ខ្លា (km) (khlaa), ខ្លាធំ (km) (khlaa thom)
Korean: 호랑이 (ko) (horang'i), 범 (ko) (beom)
Kota Bangun Kutai Malay: remaong
Kristang: trigi
Kubu/Anak Dalam/Orang Rimba: mer'ego, natong hidup
Kumyk: къаплан (qaplan)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بەور (bewr)

Northern Kurdish: piling (ku)
Kyrgyz: жолборс (ky) (jolbors)
Lampung Api: kumbok, lemawong, lemameng, waw, jin
Lao: ເສືອ (lo) (sư̄a)
Latin: tīgris (la) m or f
Latvian: tīģeris m
Lawangan: timang, timaang
Lezgi: пеленг (peleng)
Ligurian: tîgre f
Limburgish: tieger (li) m
Lisu: ꓡꓽ (lɑ̀)
Lithuanian: tigras (lt) m
Low German: Tieger m
Lü: ᦵᦉᦲ (ṡoe)
Luxembourgish: Tiger m
Macedonian: тигар m (tigar)
Malagasy: trimo (mg)
Malay: harimau (ms), macan (ms), harimau belang, macan loreng
Malayalam: കടുവ (ml) (kaṭuva)
Maltese: tigra f
Manchu: ᡨᠠᠰᡥᠠ (tasha), ᠮᡠᡥᠠᠨ (muhan) (male), ᠪᡳᡵᡝᠨ (biren) (female), ᡨᠠᡵᡶᡠ (tarfu)
Mandailing Batak: babiat (btm)
Manx: çheegyr m, teigyr m
Maori: taika
Mapudungun: nahuel
Marathi: वाघ m (vāgh)
Mazanderani: پلنگ (paleng), ببر (baber), دورگ (dorag)
Middle English: tygre
Middle Korean: 범〯 (pěm)
Minang: inyiak (min), rimau
Mingrelian: ჸილო (ʾilo)
Minriq: lodap, ap
Mon: ကၠ (mnw) (klaˀ)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: бар (mn) (bar)

Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠷᠰ (bars)
Montagnais: minashkuau-minush
Muong: khảl
Nanai: амбан (amban)
Navajo: náshdóítsoh noodǫ́zígíí
Nepali: बाघ (ne) (bāgh)
Ngaju: haramaung
Nivkh: ат (at), иғлуладь (iγlulad̦)
Nogai: йолбарыс (yolbarıs)
Northern Altai: марс (mars), парс (pars)
Northern Roglai: lumõng
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tiger (no) m

Nynorsk: tiger (nn) m
Nuosu: ꆿ (lat)
Occitan: tigre (oc) m
Odia: ବାଘ (or) (bāgha)
Old Church Slavonic: тигръ m (tigrŭ)
Old English: tiger m
Old Javanese: macan, bowoṅ, harimoṅ, hariwyāghra, moṅ, mṛgādhipa, mṛganātha, mṛgapati, mṛgaprabhu, mṛgarāja, mṛgendra, puhun, samoṅ, śārdūla, śārdūlākṛti, wasari, wasarya, wyāghra
Oromo: qeerramsa
Oroqen: ʊta꞉tʃi
Ossetian: тигр (tigr)
Ottoman Turkish: قپلان (kaplan), پلنگ (peleng)
Pa'o Karen: ကေ
Pacoh: cula
Pali:
Bengali: ব্যগ্ঘ m (byaggha)

Burmese: ဗျဂ္ဃ m (byaggha)

Devanagari: ब्यग्घ m (byaggha)

Khmer: ព្យគ្ឃ m (byaggha)

Latin: byaggha m

Sinhalese: බ්යග්ඝ m (byaggha)

Tai Tham: ᨻ᩠ᨿᨣ᩠ᨥ m (byaggha)

Thai: พฺยคฺฆ m (byaggha)
Pashto: پړانګ m (pṛāng)
Pawnee: pakstítkukiic
Penan:
Eastern Penan: piad

Western Penan: biat
Persian: ببر (fa) (babr)
Pesemah: setue, ne'ngau
Phake: please add this translation if you can
Plautdietsch: Tieja m
Polish: tygrys (pl) m anim
Portuguese: tigre (pt) m
Prakrit:
Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀯𑀕𑁆𑀖 m (vaggha)

Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀕𑁆𑀖 m (vaggha)

Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀕𑁆𑀖 m (vaggha)
Punan Tubu: vi'at, fi'at
Punjabi: ਸ਼ੇਰ (pa) m (śer), ਬਾਘ m (bāgh)
Quechua: uthurunku
Rade: êmông
Rejang: imêu
Rohingya: bag
Romagnol: tigra f
Romanian: tigru (ro) m
Rungus: orimau
Russian: тигр (ru) m anim (tigr)
Saek: กู̄ก
Salako: rimong
Sanskrit: व्याघ्र (sa) m (vyāghra)
Santali: ᱛᱟᱹᱨᱩᱵ (tărup’)
Saurashtra: ꢮꢵꢔ꣄ (vāg)
Scots: teeger
Semai: atañ, kaap, berenggas, raak, mameek, mergas, bergas, nyuuq, keek, bagòr, kaam, rerok
Semaq Beri: gayit, gayi
Semnam: kmuuc
Serawai: setuau, setuo
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тигар m

Roman: tigar (sh) m
Serudung Murut: takinon
Shan: သိူဝ် (shn) (sǒe)
Siang: hôrômaung
Sicilian: tigri (scn) f, trighi f
Sihan: piyat
Sindhi: واگھُ m (vāghu)
Sinhalese: කොටියා (koṭiyā)
Slovak: tiger (sk) m
Slovene: tiger (sl) m
Somali: shabeel (so)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: tiger m

Upper Sorbian: tiger m
Southern Altai: барс (bars)
Spanish: tigre (es) m
Sundanese: lodaya, maung (su), aom (su) (young)
Swahili: chui milia, simba marara (sw) class 9/10
Swedish: tiger (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠛꠣꠊ (bagó)
Tabasaran: пеленг (peleng)
Tagalog: tigre (tl)
Tai Dam: ꪹꪎ
Tai Nüa: ᥔᥫᥴ (sóe)
Tajik: бабр (tg) (babr)
Tamil: புலி (ta) (puli)
Tarao: yokpi
Tatar: юлбарыс (tt) (yulbarıs)
Telugu: పులి (te) ? (puli), వ్యాఘ్రము (te) m (vyāghramu)
Temiar: mamuh, merges, mamuug, aab
Temoq: barangmoh, daying, mĕ'ong, tĕhoqpolan, pĕn-yow
Ten'edn: o'
Thai: เสือ (th) (sʉ̌ʉa), เสือโคร่ง (th) (sʉ̌ʉa-krôong)
Tibetan: སྟག (stag)
Tigrinya: ነብሪ (näbri)
Toba Batak: babiat, babiak, ompung, ompungi
Tobilung: mondou, tatanansad
Tocharian B: mewiyo m, mewiya f
Tulu: ಪಿಲಿ (pili)
Turkish: kaplan (tr)
Turkmen: gaplaň
Tuvan: пар (par)
Udihe: кути (kuti), амба (amba)
Udmurt: юлбарыс (julbarys)
Ukrainian: тигр (uk) m (tyhr)
Urak Lawoi': brutat
Urdu: شیر (ur) m (śer), باگھ m (bāgh)
Uyghur: يولۋاس (yolwas), بارس (bars)
Uzbek: yoʻlbars (uz)
Vietnamese: hổ (vi), cọp (vi), khái (vi), kễnh (vi), hùm (vi)
Volapük: tigrid (vo)
Walloon: tigue (wa) m
Welsh: teigr (cy) m
West Frisian: tiger (fy) c
Western Panjabi: شیر (pnb) m (śer), باگھ m (bāgh)
White Hmong: tsov
Wutunhua: dak
Yakut: баабыр (baabır)
Yiddish: טיגער m (tiger)
Yoruba: ẹkùn
Zhuang: guk
Zulu: ithayiga (zu) class 5/6

References

“tiger”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

From the mascot of Princeton (a tiger), which led to early cheerleaders calling out "Tiger" at the end of a cheer for the Princeton team.

Noun

tiger (plural tigers)

A final shouted phrase, accompanied by a jump or outstretched arms, at the end of a cheer.
- 1868, Punch: Or the London Charivari - Volume 55, page 231:
  He spoke with a very strong Scotch accent, and is by no means a graceful orator, but he produced througout a most favourable impression upon all his hearers, and especially upon the students, one of whom shouted as the speaker closed, 'Long Live PRESIDENT M'COSH!' and then proposed three cheers, which were given with a will, followed by the usual tiger and ' rocket.'
- 1941, Margaret Leech, Reveille in Washington:
  . . . every blue coat in the audience sprang to his feet, with three times three and a tiger.
- 2008, D. C. Beard, The Outdoor Handy Book: For Playground, Field, and Forest, page 413:
  One Brooklyn military company has a “tiger” composed of a provincial expression borrowed from the farmers. When drawled out by a hundred throats the phrase "I-wanter-know!" always produces a laugh.

Anagrams

Tigre, Tigré, greit, tigre

Cornish Wikipedia has an article on:

tiger

Wikipedia ^kw

Etymology

From English tiger.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Revived Middle Cornish) /ˈtiːɡɛr/, (Revived Late Cornish) /ˈtiːɡɐr/

Noun

tiger m (plural tigres or tigri)

tiger

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

tiger

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

From German Tiger, from Latin tigris.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtiːər/, [ˈtˢiːɐ]
Homophone: tier

Noun

tiger c (singular definite tigeren, plural indefinite tigere or tigre)

tiger

Declension

More information common gender, Singular ...

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tiger	tigeren	tigere tigre	tigerne tigrene
genitive	tigers	tigerens	tigeres tigres	tigernes tigrenes

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Declension of tiger

Derived terms

tigerøje

References

“tiger” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French tigre, from Latin tigris.

Noun

tiger m

tiger

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Dutch: tijger
Limburgish: tieger

Noun

tiger (plural tigers)

Alternative form of tygre

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

tiger

Wikipedia ^nb

Etymology

From Latin tigris.

Noun

tiger m (definite singular tigeren, indefinite plural tigere or tigre or tigrer, definite plural tigerne or tigrene)

a tiger (Panthera tigris)

Derived terms

sabeltanntiger

References

“tiger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

tiger

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From Latin tigris.

Noun

tiger m (definite singular tigeren, indefinite plural tigrar, definite plural tigrane)

a tiger (Panthera tigris)

Derived terms

sabeltanntiger

References

“tiger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tīgr (“tiger”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈti.ɡer/, [ˈti.ɣer]

Noun

tiger m (nominative plural tigras)

tiger

Declension

More information Case, Singular ...

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	tiger	tigras
accusative	tiger	tigras
genitive	tigres	tigra
dative	tigre	tigrum

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Declension of tiger (strong a-stem)

Derived terms

tigrisċ

Descendants

Middle English: tygre, tygur, tygyr, tigre, tiger, teger, tegre (partially from Old French)
- English: tiger (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: teeger

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Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris), from Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬔𐬭𐬌 (tigri, “arrow”), 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀 (tiγra, “pointed”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tìːɡər/

Noun

tígər m anim (female equivalent tīgrica)

tiger

Inflection

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More information Masculine anim., hard o-stem, nom. sing. ...

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	tíger
gen. sing.	tígra
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	tíger	tígra	tígri
genitive (rodȋlnik)	tígra	tígrov	tígrov
dative (dajȃlnik)	tígru	tígroma	tígrom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	tígra	tígra	tígre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	tígru	tígrih	tígrih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	tígrom	tígroma	tígri

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Derived terms

balijski tigər
bengȃlski tígər
indonẹ́zijski tígər
javȃnski tígər
južnokitȃjski tígər
kȃspijski tígər
malẹ́zijski tígər
pérzijski tígər
sibȋrski tígər
sumatrȃnski tígər
trinilski tigər

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /¹tiːɡɛr/
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Noun

tiger c

tiger (animal)
Tigrar har ränder
Tigers have stripes

Det är lätt att blanda ihop lejon och tigrar
It's easy to mix up lions and tigers
- 1995, Charta 77 (lyrics and music), “Lilla björn och lilla tiger [Little bear and little tiger]”, in Tecken i tiden [Sign of the times]‎:
  En björn och en tiger mot drömmarnas land, där solen som stiger alltid är varm. Tillsammans på stigen som leder dom fram.
  A bear and a tiger towards the land of dreams, where the sun that rises ["the rising sun" is "den uppgående solen" instead] is always warm. Together on the path that leads them forward.

Declension

More information Declension of, Singular ...

Declension of tiger
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tiger	tigern	tigrar	tigrarna
Genitive	tigers	tigerns	tigrars	tigrarnas

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Verb

tiger

present indicative of tiga

References

Etymology

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