Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tigre

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables
ti-gre
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of tiger.

Obsolete

name

A Semitic language of northern Eritrea, closely related to Tigrinya.

noun

A group of agricultural Tigrinya-speaking people in northern Ethiopia.

noun

A group of nomadic Tigre-speaking people in northern Eritrea.

Etymology

Borrowed from Tigre ትግሬ (təgre).

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Sports.

Inflected Forms

tigres (plural) Təgre (alternative) Tigrē (alternative) Tegrē (alternative)

Questions

What does tigre mean?
Obsolete form of tiger.
Where does tigre come from?
Borrowed from Tigre ትግሬ (təgre).

How to pronounce tigre

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