tiger

Meaning

1. Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
2. Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
3. Certain other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc.
4. Certain other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc.
5. (obsolete) Certain other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc.
6. Certain other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc.
7. Certain other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc.
8. Certain other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc.
9. Certain other animals that resemble true tigers in appearance, pattern, colouration, etc.
10. A representation of a large mythological cat, used on a coat of arms.
11. (South-Africa) A leopard.
12. A relatively small country or group of countries with a fast-growing economy.
13. (obsolete) A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.
14. (US, slang) A person who is very athletic during sexual intercourse.
15. (figuratively) A ferocious, bloodthirsty and audacious person.
16. A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.

Synonyms

panther

leopard

🐆

tigress

Panthera tigris

lion

🦁

royal tiger

shrew

spitfire

striped

tease

leopard cat

Year of the Tiger

jungle cat

large flesh-eating mammal

Tora

tige

Bengal tiger

bully

cougar

Translations

Tiger

🐅

tigre

🐅

tigre

🐅

tigre

🐅

tigre

🐅

tijger

🐅

tigre

🐅

kaplan

🐅

tigris

🐅

τίγρη

τίγρης

نمر

🐅

piling

🐅

Panthera tigris

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtaɪɡɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tygre

Inherited from Old English: tigras

Cognate with Avestan: 𐬙𐬌𐬔𐬭𐬌

In summary

From Middle English tygre, in part from Old English tigras (pl.), in part from Anglo-Norman tigre, both from Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek 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.