liger

Blend of lion +‎ tiger^[1]

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪɡɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪɡə(ɹ)

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.

• ligress

• tigon

• “liger”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Rigel, e-girl, egirl, elrig, girle

liger

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of ligō

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

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

1. (Puter, Vallader) light (of weight)
2. (Puter, Vallader) easy

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) lev
• (Sutsilvan) leav
• (Vallader) leiv

From Latin legō, legere.

liger

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) to read

• leger (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Vallader)
• ler (Puter)

liger c

1. a liger (cat born to a male lion and a tigress)

• liliger
• tigon

Borrowed from Spanish ligero.

liger

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

liger

1. quick

• 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)‎^[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 249