tiger

• n.虎; 猛者
• n.（虎）人の名前；（英）Tyger；（仏）Tige；（スウェーデン）Tig.

ラテン語のtigris, tigerから、ギリシャ語のtigris, tigerは元々矢を意味し、虎が獲物を狩る矢のような速さにちなんで名付けられた。ギリシャ語はペルシャ語、例えば古ペルシャ語のtigri, arrowから借用され、二つの川谷のイラクのバビロニア文明の起源の一つである チグリス川、文字通り矢のような急流を意味し、最終的にはPIE*steig, spike, pierce, stickから。ティグリス川、文字通り、矢のような急流、最終的にはPIE*steig、突き刺す、語源的には棒から。

tiger

tiger: [13] English got tiger via Old French tigre and Latin tigris from Greek tígris, a word presumably of oriental origin. It was originally taken over directly from Latin in the Old English period as tigras, but this did not survive.

tiger (n.)

Old English tigras (plural), also in part from Old French tigre "tiger" (mid-12c.), both from Latin tigris "tiger," from Greek tigris, possibly from an Iranian source akin to Old Persian tigra- "sharp, pointed," Avestan tighri- "arrow," in reference to its springing on its prey, "but no application of either word, or any derivative, to the tiger is known in Zend." [OED]. Of tiger-like persons from c. 1500. The meaning "shriek or howl at the end of a cheer" is recorded from 1845, American English, and is variously explained. Tiger's-eye "yellowish-brown quartz" is recorded from 1886.

1. The tiger prowled through the undergrowth.

トラは低い木の茂みをひっそりと通り抜けた。

2.Which has spots，the leopard or the tiger ？

斑点があるのはヒョウですか、トラですか。

3.She fought like a tiger to be able to keep her children.

彼女は子供を守るために勇敢に戦った。

4.The tiger in the cage gave a thrilling cry.

ケージの中のトラが不気味な咆哮を上げた。

5.There is a preponderance of tiger in the forest.

森の中で虎の数が一番多い。