Phrase guide

Bengal tiger

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any tiger of a specific, fragmented population of the subspecies Panthera tigris tigris in the Indian subcontinent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: royal Bengal tiger

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

southern short-haired tiger

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tiger, Panthera tigris

History

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Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: tigri i Bengalit — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Arabic: بَبْر بَنْغَالِيّ (babr banḡāliyy) — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Catalan: tigre de Bengala — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Chinese Mandarin: 孟加拉虎 (mèngjiālāhǔ) — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Chinese Mandarin: 印度虎 (yìndùhǔ) — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Danish: Bengalsk tiger — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Dutch: Bengaalse tijger — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Esperanto: bengalia tigro — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Finnish: intiantiikeri — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Finnish: bengalintiikeri — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • French: tigre du Bengale — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • German: Königstiger — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • German: Königstigerin — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Hungarian: bengáli tigris — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Ido: Bengala tigro — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Indonesian: harimau Benggala — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Japanese: ベンガル虎 (bengaru tora) — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Japanese: ロイヤル•ベンガルトラ (roiyaru bengaru tora) — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Sheshi Kham: बंगाली ला — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Khmer: ខ្លាដំបង (klaa dɑmbɑɑng) — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Khmer: ខ្លាធំបេងហ្គាល់ (klaa thom beeŋgal) — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Korean: 벵골호랑이 (benggolhorang'i) — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Macedonian: бенгалски тигар (bengalski tigar) — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Malay: harimau Benggala — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Polish: tygrys bengalski — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Portuguese: tigre-de-bengala — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Romanian: tigru bengalez — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Russian: бенга́льский тигр (bengálʹskij tigr) — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Slovene: bengalski tiger — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Spanish: tigre de Bengala — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Swahili: chui-milia wa Bungala — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Swedish: Bengalisk tiger — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Turkish: Bengal kaplanı — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Ukrainian: бенга́льський тигр (benhálʹsʹkyj tyhr) — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Vietnamese: hổ Bengal — population of Panthera tigris tigris
  • Volapük: regatigrid — population of Panthera tigris tigris