English
Etymology
From were- + tiger.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɪətaɪɡə/, /ˈwɛətaɪɡə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈwɛɹtaɪɡɚ/, /ˈwɪɹtaɪɡɚ/
Noun
weretiger (plural weretigers)
- (fiction, mythological) A creature of Southeast Asian myth; a shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a tiger.
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Translations
shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a tiger
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 虎人 (zh) (hǔrén)
- Dutch: weertijger m
- Finnish: ihmistiikeri
- French: tigre-garou (fr) m
- German: Wertiger m
- Indonesian: siluman harimau
- Japanese: 虎人間 (tora ningen), 虎人 (kojin), 人虎 (jinko), 虎男 (torao)
- Korean: 인호(人虎) (inho)
- Malay: harimau jadian
- Portuguese: homem-tigre m
- Thai: เสือสมิง
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