liger

See also: Liger

English
A liger.
Five ligers lying down.

Etymology

Blend of lion +‎ tiger[1]

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪɡɚ/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪɡə(ɹ)

Noun

liger (plural ligers)

  1. 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.

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References
  • liger at OneLook Dictionary Search
  1. 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, Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

liger

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of ligō

Romansch

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French legier, from Vulgar Latin *leviārius, from Classical Latin levis (“light; not heavy”). Compare French léger.

Adjective

liger m (feminine singular ligera, masculine plural ligers, feminine plural ligeras)

  1. (Puter, Vallader) light (of weight)
  2. (Puter, Vallader) easy
Synonyms
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) lev
  • (Sutsilvan) leav
  • (Vallader) leiv

Etymology 2

From Latin legō, legere.

Verb

liger

  1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) to read
Alternative forms
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Vallader) leger
  • (Puter) ler

Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ligero.

Adjective

liger

  1. light (not heavy)
  2. swift, quick-acting (of a person)

Adverb

liger

  1. quick

References
  • 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)‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 249
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