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tiger
English
Alternative forms
- tigre (obsolete)
- tyger (dated)
Etymology 1
From Middle English tygre, in part from Old English tigras (pl.), in part from Anglo-Norman tigre, both from Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek ?????? (tígris), from Iranian (compare Avestan ????????????????????? (tigri, “arrow”), ????????????????????? (ti?ra, “pointed”)). More at stick.
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: t?'g?r, IPA(key): /?ta???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ta???/
- Rhymes: -a???(?)
Noun
tiger (plural tigers, feminine tigress)
- Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
- A male tiger.
- (heraldry) A representation of a large mythological cat, used on a coat of arms.
- (obsolete) A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.
- We arranged that I should come here alone in the London coach; and that he, leaving his tiger and cab behind him, should come on , and arrive here as soon as possible this afternoo
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. XVII, The Beginnings
- The doom of Fate was, Be thou a Dandy! Have thy eye-glasses, opera-glasses, thy Long-Acre cabs with white-breeched tiger, thy yawning impassivities, pococurantisms; fix thyself in Dandyhood, undeliverable; it is thy doom.
- (South Africa, dated but still used) A leopard.
- 1907, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, Jock of the Bushveld, Longmans 1976 ed., ?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.
- 1907, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, Jock of the Bushveld, Longmans 1976 ed., ?ISBN, page 251:
- (US, slang) A person who is very athletic during sexual intercourse.
- (figuratively) A ferocious, bloodthirsty and audacious person.
- 1588-93, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus
- As for that heinous tiger, Tamora,
No funeral rite, nor man in mournful weeds,
No mournful bell shall ring her burial;
But throw her forth to beasts, and birds of prey.
- As for that heinous tiger, Tamora,
- 1588-93, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus
- (US, colloquial) A kind of growl or screech, after cheering.
- three cheers and a tiger
- A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
- A tiger moth in the family Arctiidae.
- A tiger beetle.
- A tiger butterfly in tribe Danaini, especially subtribe Danaina
- 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.
- 2000, Jagdish Handa, Monetary Economics, Psychology Press ?ISBN, page 709
Hypernyms
- felid
Hyponyms
- tiger cub
- tigress
Derived terms
Related terms
- Tigger
- tigrine
Descendants
- ? Welsh: teigr
Translations
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)
- A final shouted phrase, accompanied by a jump or outstretched arms, at the end of a cheer.
Anagrams
- Tigre, Tigré, greit, tigre
Cornish
Etymology
From English tiger.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Revived Middle Cornish) /?ti???r/, (Revived Late Cornish) /?ti???r/
Noun
tiger m (plural tigres or tigri)
- tiger
References
Danish
Etymology
From German Tiger, from Latin tigris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ti??r/, [?t?i??]
- Homophone: tier
Noun
tiger c (singular definite tigeren, plural indefinite tigere or tigre)
- tiger
Declension
Derived terms
- tigerøje
References
- “tiger” in Den Danske Ordbog
Middle Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French tigre, from Latin tigris.
Noun
tiger m
- tiger
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: tijger
- Limburgish: tieger
Further reading
- “tiger”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “tiger”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
Middle English
Noun
tiger
- Alternative form of tygre
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin tigris.
Noun
tiger m (definite singular tigeren, indefinite plural tigere or tigre or tigrer, definite plural tigerne or tigrene)
- a tiger, Panthera tigris
Derived terms
- sabeltanntiger
References
- “tiger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin tigris.
Noun
tiger m (definite singular tigeren, indefinite plural tigrar, definite plural tigrane)
- a tiger, Panthera tigris
Derived terms
- sabeltanntiger
References
- “tiger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Latin tigris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ti.?er/, [?ti.?er]
Noun
tiger m (nominative plural tigras)
- tiger
Declension
Derived terms
- tigris?
Descendants
- Middle English: tygre, tygur, tygyr, tigre, tiger, teger, tegre
- English: tiger (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: teeger
Slovene
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ?????? (tígris), from Iranian (compare Avestan ????????????????????? (tigri, “arrow”), ????????????????????? (ti?ra, “pointed”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tì???r/
Noun
tíg?r m anim (female equivalent t?grica)
- tiger
Inflection
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tiger”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /¹ti???r/
Noun
tiger c
- tiger (animal)
Declension
Verb
tiger
- present tense of tiga.
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
tiger c (plural tigers, diminutive tigerke)
- tiger
Further reading
- “tiger”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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lynx
English
Etymology
From Middle English lynx, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek ???? (lúnx), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white; light; bright”), because of the cat's glowing eyes and ability to see in the dark. Replaced Old English lox as the animal died out in Britain during the Middle Ages.
Pronunciation
- enPR: l?ngks, IPA(key): /l??ks/
- Homophone: links
- Rhymes: -??ks
Noun
lynx (plural lynxes or lynx)
- Any of several medium-sized wild cats, mostly of the genus Lynx.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- lynx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Lynx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch linx, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek ???? (lúnx).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??ks/
- Hyphenation: lynx
- Rhymes: -??ks
- Homophone: links
Noun
lynx m (plural lynxen, diminutive lynxje n)
- lynx, felid of the genus Lynx, in particular the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx); sometimes used of other medium-sized felids with large, plumed ears.
Synonyms
- los (dated)
Derived terms
- Canadese lynx
- Europese lynx
- Iberische lynx
- pardellynx
- rode lynx
- Spaanse lynx
- woestijnlynx
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin, from Ancient Greek ???? (lúnx)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??ks/
Noun
lynx m (plural lynx)
- a lynx
Synonyms
- loup-cervier
Derived terms
- œil de lynx
Further reading
- “lynx” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???? (lúnx).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /lynks/, [l??ks?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /links/, [li?ks]
Noun
lynx m or f (genitive lyncis); third declension
- A lynx
- Colla lyncum.
- The necks of the lynxes.
- Carmina (also Odes) by Horace (Latin text with English translations)
- Quin et Prometheus et Pelopis parens
- dulci laborem decipitur sono
- nec curat Orion leones
- aut timidos agitare lyncas
- Prometheus too and Pelops' sire
- In listening lose the sense of woe;
- Orion hearkens to the lyre,
- And lets the lynx and lion go.
- Colla lyncum.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- lynx in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lynx in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lynx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Middle English
Alternative forms
- linx, lenx
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek ???? (lúnx).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /links/, [li?ks]
Noun
lynx (plural lenxis or lynces)
- lynx
Descendants
- English: lynx
- Scots: lynx (obsolete)
References
- “linx, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-24.
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