English

A liger.

Five ligers lying down.

Noun

liger ‎(plural ligers)

1. An animal born to a male lion and a tigress.

Hyponyms

• ligress

Translations

See also

• tigon

Anagrams

• girle
• Rigel

Latin

Verb

liger

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of ligō

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *leviārius, from Classical Latin levis ‎(“light; not heavy”).

Adjective

liger m (feminine singular ligera, masculine plural ligers, feminine plural ligeras)

1. (Puter, Vallader) light (of weight)
2. (Puter, Vallader) easy

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) lev
• (Sutsilvan) leav
• (Vallader) leiv

Etymology 2

From Latin legō, legere.

Verb

liger

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) to read

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Vallader) leger
• (Puter) ler