Tigré

American  

[tee-grey] / tiˈgreɪ /

noun

1. a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.

2. a member of a nomadic, Tigrinya-speaking people of northern Ethiopia.

3. a member of an agricultural, Tigré-speaking people of northern Ethiopia.

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Tigre British  

/ ˈtiːɡreɪ /

noun

1. an autonomous region of N Ethiopia, bordering on Eritrea: formerly a separate kingdom. Capital: Mekele. Pop: 4 334 996 (2005 est)

2. a language of NE Ethiopia, belonging to the SE Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family

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Example Sentences

Macron even joked about it, calling it "l'oeil du tigre" or the "eye of the tiger", in a reference to rock band Survivor's song used in the 1982 boxing movie Rocky III.

From BBC

The musician Kathleen Hanna praised Davis as an inspiration for starting her band Le Tigre in the late 1990s, and the comedian Margaret Cho chose Davis as the opening act for her U.S. tour in 2001.

From Los Angeles Times

We savored Apaltado, a delicate raw salmon dish with jalapeño-avocado, chili oil, cherry tomatoes, and a tapioca cracker; Nikkei, a beautiful tuna ceviche with tamarind leche de tigre and avocado; and the full branzino, butterflied with head on and draped in ají amarillo meunière sauce.

From Salon

Though authorities did not specify what prompted their concerns, court records show the applications all listed the names of cats: Cool T. Cat, Estrea D. Tigre, Fritz T. Cat and Sylvester T. Cat.

From Los Angeles Times

A capybara crosses a street while others eat grass in a gated community in Tigre, Buenos Aires province, on August 27, 2021.

From Salon