liger
See also: Liger
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪɡɚ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪɡə(ɹ)
Noun edit
liger (plural ligers)
- An animal born to a male lion and a tigress.
- 1985, Hartson & Dawson, The Ultimate Irrelevant Encyclopedia, page 66:
- Tigons, ligers and a zeedonk have also been created by miscegenating mammals.
Hyponyms edit
Translations edit
animal born to a male lion and a tigress
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See also edit
References edit
- “liger”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- ^ Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future[1], Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Verb edit
liger
Romansch edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Old French legier, from Vulgar Latin *leviārius, from Classical Latin levis (“light; not heavy”). Compare French léger.
Adjective edit
liger m (feminine singular ligera, masculine plural ligers, feminine plural ligeras)
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Latin legō, legere.
Verb edit
liger
Alternative forms edit
Swedish edit
Noun edit
liger c
- a liger (cat born to a male lion and a tigress)
Declension edit
Declension of liger | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | liger | ligern | ligrar | ligrarna |
Genitive | ligers | ligerns | ligrars | ligrarnas |
See also edit
Zoogocho Zapotec edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
liger
Adverb edit
liger
References edit
- Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 249