liger

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US/ˈlaɪɡɚ/

noun

An animal born to a male lion and a tigress.

OriginEnglish tiger ← Middle English tygre ← Old English tigras →
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Meanings

nounliger (plural ligers)

plural ligers

  1. An animal born to a male lion and a tigress.

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

    1985, Hartson & Dawson, The Ultimate Irrelevant Encyclopedia, page 66

Origin

  1. Englishlion
  2. Ancient Greekτίγρις (tígris)
  3. Latintigri
  4. Anglo-Normantigre
  5. Latintigris
  6. Proto-West Germanic*tīgr
  7. Old Englishtigras
  8. Middle Englishtygre
  9. Englishtiger
  10. Englishliger

Blend of lion + tiger.

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Translations

Arabic أَسَد بَبْرِيّ
  • أَسَد بَبْرِيّ (ʔasad babriyy)animal born to a male lion and a tigress
Chinese Mandarin 獅虎 /狮虎
  • 獅虎 /狮虎 (shīhǔ)animal born to a male lion and a tigress
Danish liger
  • ligeranimal born to a male lion and a tigress
Dutch lijger
  • lijgeranimal born to a male lion and a tigress
Finnish liikeri
  • liikerianimal born to a male lion and a tigress
French ligre, ligron
  • ligreanimal born to a male lion and a tigress
  • ligronanimal born to a male lion and a tigress
German Liger
  • Ligeranimal born to a male lion and a tigress
Japanese ライガー
  • ライガー (raigā)animal born to a male lion and a tigress
Korean 라이거
  • 라이거 (raigeo)animal born to a male lion and a tigress
Latin legris
  • legrisanimal born to a male lion and a tigress
Polish lygrys
  • lygrysanimal born to a male lion and a tigress
Portuguese ligre
  • ligreanimal born to a male lion and a tigress
Romanian ligru
  • ligruanimal born to a male lion and a tigress
Russian лигр
  • лигр (ligr)animal born to a male lion and a tigress
Spanish ligre
  • ligreanimal born to a male lion and a tigress
Welsh lleigr
  • lleigranimal born to a male lion and a tigress

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with liger

tiger
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Anagrams

Rigelelrig
Cite this entry
APA

liger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liger

MLA

“liger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liger. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “liger,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liger.

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