# tigre
## English
### Noun

tigre (plural tigres)
* Obsolete form of tiger.

### Anagrams

* Tiger, greit, tiger

## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾe]
* Rhymes: -iɡɾe
* Hyphenation: ti‧gre

### Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)
* tiger

## Basque
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin tīgris.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiɡre/ [t̪i.ɣ̞re]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iɡre, -e
* Hyphenation: ti‧gre

### Noun

tigre anim
* tiger

#### Declension
### 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: /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈti.ɡɾe]
* Hyphenation: ti‧gre

### Noun

tígre (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜍᜒ)
* tiger

#### See also

* leon
* sarimaw

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈti.ɣɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈti.ɣɾe]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɡɾe
* Hyphenation: ti‧gre

### Noun

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigressa)
* 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: /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ɡɾ̪e]
* Rhymes: -iɡɾe
* Hyphenation: ti‧gre

### Noun

tigre (Badlit spelling ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜒ)
* a tiger (Panthera tigris); a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia
* 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
* indefinite plural of tiger

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tigris.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiɡʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigresse)
* 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: /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾɪ]
* IPA: (standard) /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾɪ]
* IPA: (gheada) /ˈtiħɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ħɾɪ]
* Rhymes: -iɡɾe
* Rhymes: -iɡɾe
* Rhymes: -iħɾe
* Hyphenation: ti‧gre

### Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)
* tiger

## Interlingua
### Noun

tigre
* tiger

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin tigris.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈti.ɡre/
* Rhymes: -iɡre
* Hyphenation: tì‧gre

### Noun

tigre f (plural tigri)
* 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

From Latin tīgris.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtiɡɾe/, [ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾe]
* Hyphenation: ti‧gre

### Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)
* tiger

### References

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

## Middle English
### Noun

tigre
* Alternative form of tygre

## Middle French
### Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)
* tiger

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* tigere, tigrer

### Noun

tigre m
* indefinite plural of tiger

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Noun

tigre m (plural tigres)
* tiger

## Old French
### Noun

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

### Noun

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɾi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɾi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɾe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈti.ɡɾɨ/ [ˈti.ɣɾɨ]
* Homophone: Tigre
* Hyphenation: ti‧gre

### Noun

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigresa, feminine plural tigresas)
* 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: /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾe]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɡɾe
* Syllabification: ti‧gre

### Noun

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigresa, feminine plural tigresas)
* tiger
* (Latin America) jaguar
    Synonyms: yaguareté, jaguar, otorongo
* angry or fierce person
* an energic or expert male lover
* (colloquial, Spain) toilet, WC
    Synonyms: baño, servicio

#### Hypernyms

* félido
* felino
* 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

* → Bikol Central: tigre
* → 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: /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈt̪iː.ɡɾɛ]
* Rhymes: -iɡɾe
* Syllabification: ti‧gre

### Noun

tigre (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜒ)
* tiger
* Phalaenopsis schilleriana (a type of orchid)
* (figurative) fierce, belligerent person

#### Derived terms

* tigreng papel

#### 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
* Tiger (Panthera tigris).
** 1964, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, “Ini nonca yulcötl itucö tigre”, in Yulcöme‎, 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)