how to pronounce тигр

/tʲiɡr/

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тигр is pronounced in one syllable

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tʲ

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An example use of тигр in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… выбрал что стоит танк тигр тигр до …”

meanings of тигр

name:

Tiger (person born in the year of the Tiger).
Tiger tank (heavy German tank of World War II).
Tigris River.
The Tiger (one of the twelve years of the Chinese calendar).

noun:

Tiger.

тигр frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word тигр occurs in russian on average 5.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.