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tigre de papier

French, noun/ti.ɡʁə də pa.pje/

tigre de papier is a French masculine noun meaning “paper tiger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chose apparemment menaçante, mais en réalité inoffensive”.

What does tigre de papier mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepaper tiger

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Chose apparemment menaçante, mais en réalité inoffensive.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of tigre de papier

  • tigres de papier plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tigre de papier?

  • /ti.ɡʁə də pa.pje/
  • \ti.ɡʁə də pa.pje\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.