tigre

tigre (plural tigres)

1. Obsolete form of tiger.

• Tiger, greit, tiger

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ɡɾe]
• Rhymes: -iɡɾe
• Syllabification: ti‧gre

tigre m (plural tigres)

1. tiger

• “tigre”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Ultimately from Latin tīgris.

• IPA^(key): /tiɡre/ [t̪i.ɣ̞re]

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• Rhymes: -iɡre, -e
• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

tigre anim

1. tiger

• “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

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

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

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• Rhymes: -iɡɾe
• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigressa, feminine plural tigresses)

1. tiger

• tigressa

• “tigre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “tigre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ɡɾ̪e]
• Rhymes: -iɡɾe
• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

tigre (Badlit spelling ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. a tiger (Panthera tigris) (a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia)
   • 2005, Si Leah, Si Myla Ug Ang Mga Kapay-kapay Ug Kagiki‎^[1]:

     Nanginit ang iyang dalunggan nga morag gikawras sa kaawayng tigre. Namalikas siya. Ug nakatilawg laparo ang bata.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. viper's bowstring hemp (Dracaena trifasciata, syn. Sansevieria trifasciata)

Borrowed from Spanish tigre.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈti.ɡɾe]
• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

tígre (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜍᜒ)

1. tiger

• tigere

tigre c

1. indefinite plural of tiger

Borrowed from Latin tigris.

• IPA^(key): /tiɡʁ/

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tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigresse)

1. tiger

• “tigre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

From Latin tīgris.

• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

tigre m (plural tigres)

1. tiger

tigre

1. tiger

From Latin tigris.

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.ɡre/
• Rhymes: -iɡre
• Hyphenation: tì‧gre

tigre f (plural tigri)

1. tiger (male or female)

• tigre del Bengala
• tigre di carta
• tigre della Siberia

• tigrato
• tigrotto

• tigre in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• greti, tergi

From Latin tīgris.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/, [ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾe]
• Hyphenation: ti‧gre

tigre m (plural tigres)

1. tiger

tigre

1. alternative form of tygre

tigre m (plural tigres)

1. tiger

• tigere, tigrer

tigre m

1. indefinite plural of tiger

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• (Niçard) IPA^(key): [ˈti.ɡʀe]

tigre m (plural tigres)

1. tiger

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

1. tiger

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

1. tigress

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

• Hyphenation: ti‧gre
• Homophone: Tigre

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigresa, feminine plural tigresas, diminutive tigrinho, augmentative tigrão)

1. tiger

• → Tetum: tigre

• “tigre”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tigre”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “tigre”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “tigre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ɣ̞ɾe]

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• Rhymes: -iɡɾe
• Syllabification: ti‧gre

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigresa, feminine plural tigresas)

1. tiger
2. (Latin America) jaguar

   Synonyms: yaguareté, jaguar, otorongo

3. angry or fierce person
4. an energic or expert male lover
5. (colloquial, Spain) toilet, WC

   Synonyms: baño, servicio

• → Central Bikol: tigre
• → Cebuano: tigre
• → San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: cotigre
• → Tagalog: tigre
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: tigre
• → Zoogocho Zapotec: tigr

• “tigre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

• grite, grité

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡɾe/ [ˈt̪iː.ɡɾɛ]
• Rhymes: -iɡɾe
• Syllabification: ti‧gre

tigre (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. tiger
2. Phalaenopsis schilleriana (a type of orchid)
3. (figurative) fierce, belligerent person

• halimaw

• “tigre”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “tigre”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

From Spanish tigre.

tigre

1. Tiger (Panthera tigris).
   • 1964, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, “Ini nonca yulcötl itucö tigre”, in Yulcöme‎^[2], 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)