Usage Note
Tigre is masculine; the female is une tigresse, which also informally describes a fierce or passionate woman. In finance, les tigres asiatiques (the Asian tigers) refers to the fast-growing East Asian economies. The idiom chevaucher le tigre (to ride the tiger) describes being committed to a dangerous course one cannot safely abandon.
Examples
"Le tigre est un grand félin."
Natural Translation
The tiger is a large feline.
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