tigon

English

A tigon

Etymology

Blend of tiger +‎ lion

Pronunciation

• enPR: tī'gən, IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪɡən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪɡən

Noun

tigon (plural tigons)

1. A cross between a male tiger and a lioness.
   • 1985, Hartson & Dawson, The Ultimate Irrelevant Encyclopedia, page 66:

     Tigons, ligers and a zeedonk have also been created by miscegenating mammals.

Translations

cross between a male tiger and a lioness

• Finnish: tiikoni (fi)
• French: tigron (fr) m, tiglon (fr) m
• German: Töwe m
• Italian: tigone (it) m
• Polish: tyglew m
• Portuguese: tigreão (pt) m
• Russian: тигроле́в (ru) m (tigrolév)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лигар m

  Latin: ligar (sh) m

• Spanish: tigrón m
• Swedish: tigon (sv) n
• Welsh: teiglew m

See also

• liger
• tigon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “tigon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• ingot, Tiong, got in, toing

Esperanto

Noun

tigon

1. accusative singular of tigo

Swedish

Noun

tigon n or c

1. a tigon (cat born to a male tiger and a lioness)

Usage notes

Neuter gender is based on the gender of lejon (a rare neuter-gendered animal), though common gender is intuitive as well (and appears in the media).

Declension

Declension of tigon
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tigon	tigonet	tigon	tigonen
Genitive	tigons	tigonets	tigons	tigonens

See also

• liger
• liliger