ligre
Portuguese, noun/ˈli.ɡɾi/
ligre is spelled L-I-G-R-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese, the 221,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ligre is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “liger (hybrid animal born to a male lion and a tigress)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “animal híbrido, produto do cruzamento de um leão com uma tigresa”.
What does ligre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineliger (hybrid animal born to a male lion and a tigress)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. animal híbrido, produto do cruzamento de um leão com uma tigresa
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ligre
- ligres plural
- ligresa feminine
- ligresas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ligre?
- Brazil /ˈli.ɡɾi/
- Portugal /ˈli.ɡɾɨ/
- Portugal [ˈli.ɣɾɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ligre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ligre in Portuguese?
ligre appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).