Navigation
Home
Resources
Irregular verbs quizzes English conjugator English-French dictionary French dictionary English dictionary Monolingual dictionaries Scores by institution Free sample tests FAQ Pricing Tourism training Blog Videos
Login Sign up
Blog
Videos
Pricing
FR EN

tige

noun — 2 senses

tige

noun

Etymology Borrowed from French tige (“stem”), from Latin tibia (“shin bone, leg”). Doublet of tibia.

1

Engineering, Firearms, Government, Military, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Politics, Tools, War, Weaponry Historical A steel pin in early rifles.

2

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Archaic A stem.

  • The tige is either simple, as in the White Lily, or branching, as in the Geranium; the branching is the most common form; […]1829, Mrs. Lincoln Phelps, Familiar Lectures on Botany, page 50:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.