Tigris

From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), an alternative form of Τίγρης (Tígrēs), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (Idiglat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (Idigna, literally “fast as an arrow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪɡɹɪs/

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the Tigris

2. A river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq. It forms the eastern edge of classical Mesopotamia. It unites with the Euphrates River to form the Shatt al-Arab before flowing into the Persian Gulf.

From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), an alternative form of Τίγρης (Tígrēs), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^ÍDIdiqlat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^ÍDIdigna, ^ÍDIdigina, literally “fast as an arrow”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈti.ɣɾis]

Tigris m

1. Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq)

• Eufrates

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɪɡrɪs]
• Hyphenation: Ti‧g‧ris

Tigris m inan

1. Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq)

From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡris/, [ˈt̪iɡris̠]
• Rhymes: -iɡris
• Syllabification^(key): Tig‧ris
• Hyphenation^(key): Tig‧ris

Tigris

1. Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq)

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Tigris m (proper noun, strong, genitive Tigris)

1. Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq)

• IPA^(key): [ˈtiɡriʃ]
• Hyphenation: Tig‧ris
• Rhymes: -iʃ

Tigris

1. Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq)

Learned borrowing from Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡris/ [ˈt̪i.ɡrɪs]
• Rhymes: -iɡris
• Syllabification: Ti‧gris

Tigris

1. Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq)

• “Tigris”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɪ.ɡrɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtiː.ɡris]

Tigris m sg (genitive Tigridis); third declension

1. Tigris (a river in West Asia)

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -in, ablative singular in -e or -ī), singular only.

All borrowings:

• English: Tigris
• Italian: Tigri
• Old Galician-Portuguese: Tigre, Tigres, Tigris
  • Galician: Tigris
  • Portuguese: Tigre, Tígris

• tigris

• “Tigris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Tigris”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), an alternative form of Τίγρης (Tígrēs), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^ÍDIdiqlat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^ÍDIdigna, ^ÍDIdigina, literally “fast as an arrow”).

Tigris f

1. Tigris (a river in West Asia)
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Þonne west frām Tigris þǣre ēa oþ Eufrate þā ēa, þonne betweox þǣm ēan syndan þās land Babylonia, and Caldea, and Mesopotamia.

     Then west from the River Tigris to the River Euphrates, then between the rivers are the lands of Babylon, Chaldea, and Mesopotamia

Tigris m animacy unspecified (Cyrillic spelling Тигрис)

1. Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq)

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡris/

Tigris m inan (genitive singular Tigrisu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq)

• tigriský

• “Tigris”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

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• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡɾis/ [ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾis]
• Rhymes: -iɡɾis
• Syllabification: Ti‧gris

Tigris m

1. Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq)