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taiga

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈtaɪɡə/
  • UK: /taɪˈɡɑː/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪɡə
  • rhymes with -ɑː
  • homophone: tiger (non-rhotic, using the initial-stress pronunciation)

1

name

Meaning 1

A lake in Alaska.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Alternative spelling of Tayga.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boreal forest, snow forest

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Russian тайга́ (tajgá), from South Siberian Turkic (Altai region, for example the Altay or Shor language, cf Khakas: тағ (tağ)), or alternatively Yakut тайга (tayga, “untraversable forest”). Doublet of Tayga.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: tajga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Arabic: تَايْغَا (tāyḡā) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Asturian: taiga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Basque: taiga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Belarusian: тайга́ (tajhá) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Bulgarian: тайга́ (tajgá) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Catalan: taigà — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泰加林 (tàijiālín) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Chinese Mandarin: 北方針葉林 /北方针叶林 (běifāng zhēnyèlín) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Chuvash: тайга (tajga) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Czech: tajga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Danish: nåleskov — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Dolgan: ойуур (oyuur) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Dutch: taiga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Esperanto: tajgo — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Esperanto: boreala arbaro — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Estonian: taiga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Even: дөмӈэ (dömŋə) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Finnish: boreaalinen vyöhyke — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Finnish: taiga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • French: taïga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Galician: taiga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Georgian: ტაიგა (ṭaiga) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • German: Taiga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • German: Borealer Nadelwald — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Greek: τάιγκα (táigka) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Hebrew: טייגה (tayga) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Hungarian: tajga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Icelandic: barrskógabeltið — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Ingrian: taigaa — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Interlingua: taiga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Italian: taiga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Japanese: タイガ (taiga) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Kalmyk: тәәһ (tääğ) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Kazakh: тайга (taiga) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Korean: 타이가 (taiga) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Lithuanian: taiga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Macedonian: тајга (tajga) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Malay: taiga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Nanai: дуэнтэ (duente) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Norwegian: taiga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Norwegian: boreal barskog — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: taiga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Occitan: taiga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Persian: تایگا (tâygâ) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Polish: tajga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Portuguese: taiga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Romanian: taiga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Russian: тайга́ (tajgá) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Kildin-Sami: ля̄ммт (leammt) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Serbo-Croatian: тајга — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Serbo-Croatian: tajga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Slovak: tajga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Spanish: taiga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Swedish: tajga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Swedish: taiga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Turkish: tayga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Ukrainian: тайга́ (tajhá) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Vietnamese: taiga — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Yakut: тайҕа (tayğa) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Yakut: халыҥ тыа (qalïŋ tïa) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest
  • Yakut: тыа (tïa) — subarctic zone of coniferous forest