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Etymology 1

From Srednji Engleski tygre, in part from Stari Engleski tigras (pl.), in part from Anglo-Norman tigre, both from Latinski tigris, from Antički Grčki 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

Noun

tiger (Šablon:head-lite/formŠablon:head-lite/form)

  1. Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
    Hypernym: felid
    Hyponymi: tiger cub, tigress
    1. A male tiger; as opposed to a tigress.
      Koordinatni termin: tigress
  2. (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.
  3. (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.
  4. 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.
  5. (obsolete) A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.
  6. (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.
  7. (figurative) A ferocious, bloodthirsty and audacious person.
  8. A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
  9. A tiger moth in the family Arctiidae.
  10. A tiger beetle.
  11. Any of the three Australian species of black-and-yellow striped dragonflies of the genus Ictinogomphus.
  12. 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
Descendants
  • → Volapük: tigrid
  • → Velški: teigr
Translations

References

tiger in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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)

  1. 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

Cornish

 
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Etymology

From Engleski tiger.

Pronunciation

  • MFA(ključ): (Revived Middle Cornish) /ˈtiːɡɛr/, (Revived Late Cornish) /ˈtiːɡɐr/

Noun

tiger m (plural tigres or tigri)

  1. tiger

Danish

 
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Etymology

From Nemački Tiger, from Latinski tigris.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. tiger

Declension

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

Derived terms

References

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Stari Francuski tigre, from Latinski tigris.

Noun

tiger m

  1. tiger

Inflection

Ovaj noun zahteva inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • “tiger”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek‎[1], 2000
  • “tiger”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek‎[2], 1929

Middle English

Noun

tiger

  1. Alternative form of tygre

Norwegian Bokmål

 
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Etymology

From Latinski tigris.

Noun

Šablon:nb-noun-m3

  1. a tiger (Panthera tigris)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

 
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Etymology

From Latinski tigris.

Noun

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

  1. a tiger (Panthera tigris)

Derived terms

References

Old English

Etymology

From Pra-Zapadno Germanski *tīgr (“tiger”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tiger m (nominative plural tigras)

  1. tiger

Declension

Declension of tiger (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative tiger tigras
accusative tiger tigras
genitive tigres tigra
dative tigre tigrum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Srednji Engleski: tygre (partially from Old French)

Slovene

 
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Tiger

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

tígər m anim (female equivalent tīgrica)

  1. tiger

Inflection

Deklinacija od tíger (masculine anim., hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative tíger tígra tígri
accusative tígra tígra tígre
genitive tígra tígrov tígrov
dative tígru tígroma tígrom
locative tígru tígrih tígrih
instrumental tígrom tígroma tígri

Derived terms

Further reading

Švedski

 
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Pronunciation

Noun

tiger c

  1. tiger (animal)
    • 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

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

Verb

tiger

  1. present indicative of tiga

References

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

tiger c (plural tigers, diminutive tigerke)

  1. tiger

Further reading

  • “tiger”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal‎[3] (in Holandski), 2011
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