tijger
Dutch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch tiger, from Old French tigre, from Latin tigris.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittijger m (plural tijgers, diminutive tijgertje n, feminine tijgerin)
- a tiger, Panthera tigris [from 13th c. (Middle Dutch)]
- (Suriname) a jaguar, Panthera onca [from 17th c.]
- Synonyms: gevlekte tijger, jaguar
- (Suriname) a puma, cougar, Puma concolor
- Synonyms: bergleeuw, poema, rode tijger
- (South Africa, obsolete) a leopard, panther, Panthera pardus [from 17th c.]
- (figurative) a fast-growing or prosperous, usually Asian economy; usually located in East Asia or Southeast Asia but formerly also used for Ireland
- (figurative, in compounds) a fanatic, enthusiastic or otherwise highly motivated person
Derived terms
edit- Bengaalse tijger
- dossiertijger
- getijgerd
- Javaanse tijger
- kantoortijger
- Kaspische tijger
- kroegtijger
- papieren tijger
- partijtijger
- sabeltandtijger
- Siberische tijger
- Sumatraanse tijger
- tijgerbalsem
- tijgerblauwtje
- tijgerbrood
- tijgeren
- tijgerhaai
- tijgerkat
- tijgerklauw
- tijgerlelie
- tijgerpython
- tijgerslang
- tijgerstrepen
- tijgervel
- vergadertijger
Descendants
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- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old French
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛi̯ɣər
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛi̯ɣər/2 syllables
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- nl:Panthers
- Surinamese Dutch
- South African Dutch
- Dutch terms with obsolete senses