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

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

Though Hanna’s name is synonymous with the riot grrrl movement in music, her disarming memoir encompasses far more than her time fronting the formative indie bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre.

From New York Times

But Kathleen Hanna, the lead singer of Bikini Kill, kept plugging, kicking off the early aughts trend of synth-heavy indie dance music with her band Le Tigre.

From Salon