Dictionary

tigress en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtaɪ.ɡɹɪs/
• /ˈtaɪ.ɡɹəs/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From French tigresse, corresponding to tiger + -ess.

Meanings

1. A female tiger; a she-tiger.
   • Indestructibly seductive at 79, this greatest and wittiest of all singing tigresses has lasted even longer on the stage than the original glamorous grandmother, Marlene Dietrich. 2006 October 6, Stephen Holden, “Fabled Feline Charms, in Fine Working Order”, in The New York Times:
   • So-al was a mighty fine-looking girl, built like a tigress as to strength and sinuosity, but withal sweet and womanly. 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter IV, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, part II, number 12, New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, March 1927, →OCLC, page 1164, column 1:

Forms

Deriveds

tigresslike

Translations (67)

it femmina della tigre (female tiger) · kk өлекшін (female tiger) · no tigerhunn (female tiger) · yue 老虎乸 (female tiger) · no hunntiger (female tiger) · pa ਬਾਘਣੀ (female tiger) · dz སྟག་མོ (female tiger) · km ខ្លាធំមេ (female tiger) · te వ్యాఘ్రి (female tiger) · da huntiger (female tiger) · de Tigerin (female tiger) · el τίγρη (female tiger) · sh tigrica (female tiger) · sv tigrinna (female tiger) · ca tigressa (female tiger) · sh тигрица (female tiger) · it tigre femmina (female tiger) · oc tigressa (female tiger) · ja 雌虎 (female tiger) · my ကျားမ (female tiger) · ur شیرنی (female tiger) · pa ਸ਼ੇਰਨੀ (female tiger) · lt tigrė (female tiger) · io tigrino (female tiger) · xal эм ирвск (female tiger) · scn trighi (female tiger) · fi naarastiikeri (female tiger) · km មេខ្លាធំ (female tiger) · sv tigerhona (female tiger) · vi cọp cái (female tiger) · pl tygrysica (female tiger) · bn বাঘিনি (female tiger) · es tigresa (female tiger) · hi शेरनी (female tiger) · mk тигрица (female tiger) · ca tigra (female tiger) · ar نِمْرَة (female tiger) · hi बाघिन (female tiger) · nn tigerhoe (female tiger) · sk tigrica (female tiger) · uk тигри́ця (female tiger) · nn tigerho (female tiger) · cs tygřice (female tiger) · bg тигри́ца (female tiger) · de Tigerweibchen (female tiger) · ast tigresa (female tiger) · mnc ᠪᡳᡵᡝᠨ (female tiger) · it tigre (female tiger) · fr tigresse (female tiger) · ar بَبْرَة (female tiger) · cmn 母虎 (female tiger) · be тыгры́ца (female tiger) · pl tygrzyca (female tiger) · eo tigrino (female tiger) · sl tigrica (female tiger) · lv tīģeriene (female tiger) · mr वाघीण (female tiger) · mn бэрс (female tiger) · nl tijgerin (female tiger) · ro tigroaică (female tiger) · vi hổ cái (female tiger) · pt tigresa (female tiger) · ur باگھن (female tiger) · cmn 雌虎 (female tiger) · bo སྟག་མོ (female tiger) · ru тигри́ца (female tiger) · et ematiiger (female tiger)