tigrine

English

Etymology

From Latin tigrīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪˌɡɹaɪn/, /ˈtaɪˌɡɹɪn/, /ˈtaɪˌɡɹən/, /ˈtaɪˌɡɹin/

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Adjective

tigrine (comparative more tigrine, superlative most tigrine)

1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the tiger.

   Hypernyms: pantherine < feline

   Coordinate terms: leonine, leopardine

   Near-synonyms: tigerlike, tigerish (sometimes synonymous)

Translations

Translations

Esperanto: tigra French: tigré (fr)

Further reading

• “tigrine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tigrine”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• -trigine, igniter, nigrite, tiering

Latin

Adjective

tigrīne

1. vocative masculine singular of tigrīnus