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la tigre
tiger
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How do you say tigre in Italian?
How do you pronounce tigre in Italian?
tigre is pronounced /la ˈtiːɡre/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La tigre bengalese è più grande e più aggressiva del maschio.
The Bengal tiger (female) is larger and more aggressive than the male.
La tigre incinta ha trovato una nuova tana sicura per partorire.
The pregnant tiger found a new safe den to give birth.
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Why is it feminine?
Italian "tigre" is masculine, not feminine. It derives from Latin "tigris," which was grammatically feminine in Latin. However, Italian changed the gender to masculine, likely due to the influence of the -e ending pattern and reanalysis of the word's gender during the transition from Latin to Italian.
What is the Italian word for tiger?
The Italian word for tiger is la tigre — feminine.
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