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English

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Red deer (Cervus elaphus) (1)

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishder,deer(“animal, deer”), fromOld Englishdēor(“animal”), fromProto-West Germanic*deuʀ, fromProto-Germanic*deuzą, fromProto-Indo-European*dʰewsóm(“living thing”), from*dʰéws(“breath”), full-grade derivative of*dʰwes-.

Cognate withScotsdeer(“deer”),North Frisiandier(“animal, beast”),West Frisiandier(“animal, beast”),Dutchdier(“animal, beast”),German Low GermanDeer,Deert(“animal”),GermanTier(“animal, beast”),Swedishdjur(“animal, beast”),Norwegiandyr(“animal, beast”),Icelandicdýr(“animal, beast”),Danishdyr(“animal, beast”).

Related also toAlbaniandash(“ram”) (possibly),Lithuaniandaũsos(“upper air; heaven”),Lithuaniandùsti(“to sigh”),Russianдуша́(dušá,“breath, spirit”),Lithuaniandvė̃sti(“to breathe, exhale”),Sanskritध्वंसति(dhvaṃsati,“he falls to dust”).

For the semantic development compareLatinanimālis(“animal”), fromanima(“breath, spirit”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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deer (countable anduncountable,pluraldeeror(dated or nonstandard; occasionally used in the sense of more than one species)deers)

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  1. (countable) Aruminant mammal withhooves and oftenantlers, of the familyCervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the orderArtiodactyla, such as themusk deer ormouse deer.
    • 1961,Harry E. Wedeck,Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page227:
      Deer sperm was in used among the Romans as an aphrodisiac.
    • 2012 December 2, Richard J. Goss,Deer Antlers: Regeneration, Function and Evolution, Academic Press,→ISBN, page25:
      Musk Deer (Moschus moschiferus)
      The musk deer is unique in several ways, reflecting its taxonomic separation from otherdeer (Flerov, 1952). For example , they are the onlydeer to possess a gall bladder […]
    • 2013 February 5, Anthony J. Whitten, Roehayat Emon Soeriaatmadja,Ecology of Java & Bali, Tuttle Publishing,→ISBN:
      The Java deerCervus timorensis is now widespread[…] Thisdeer has become rather uncommon as the lowlands have been converted to rice and sugarcane, and the hills to coffee and other crops, while the smaller muntjac deerMuntiacus muntjak has persisted in many areas where there is some forest cover. The third and smallestdeer on Java and Bali is the mouse deerTragulus javanicus.
    1. (countable; in particular) A ruminant mammal of the familyCervidae.
      • 2024 July 23, Lilit Marcus, “Japan may be sick of mass tourism. But the deer in this ancient UNESCO-listed city love it”, inCNN‎[1]:
        Nara and itsdeer are so closely associated that the light-brown colored animals are pictured in the city’s tourism ads, on buses, train tickets and more.
    2. (countable; in particular) One of the smaller animals of the family Cervidae, distinguished from amoose orelk.
      I wrecked my car after adeer ran across the road.
      • 2020,Rumaan Alam,Leave the World Behind, Bloomsbury (2023), page76:
        In the space beyond that, Rose saw adeer, with abbreviated velvet antlers and a cautious yet somehow also bored mien, considering her through dark, strangely human eyes.
  2. (uncountable) Themeat of such an animal, obtained through the process ofhunting or from specialized deer farms;venison.
    Oh, I've never haddeer before.
  3. (countable; obsolete, except in the phrase "small deer") Anyanimal, especially aquadrupedalmammal as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.
    • 1606, William Shakespeare,King Lear, act III, scene IV:
      But mice and rats and such smalldeer, have been Tom's food for seven long year.

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Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Sranan Tongo:dia

Translations

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animal of the family Cervidae
meat from the animal—seevenison

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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deer

  1. inflection ofderen:
    1. first-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. (in case ofinversion)second-personsingularpresentindicative
    3. imperative

Hunsrik

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle High Germanit, fromOld High Germanir. CompareLuxembourgishdir.

Pronoun

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deer

  1. you(plural)
  2. (formal)you(singular)

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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deer

  1. stresseddative ofdu

Inflection

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Hunsrik personal pronouns
nominativeaccusativedative
procliticencliticstressedunstressedstressedunstressed
singular1st personich
eich		-ichmich
meich		meermer
m'r
2nd person
(informal)		du
dau/Dau		-du,-de
-Dau,-De		dich
deich/Deich		deerder
d'r/D'r
3rd
person		mer;där-erihnenihmem
fsie;die-sesie /ihnsseeer
ehr		re
nes;das
et,'t		'ses
et
-et,-'t		ihmem
plural1st personmeermeruns
uhs
2nd persondeer
Ehr,Dehr		dereich
Auch
3rd personsie;die-sesiesedenne

References

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  • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “deer”, inDicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti:Riograndenser Hunsrickisch,page32, column 2

Limburgish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Dutchdier, fromOld Dutchdier, fromProto-Germanic*deuzą.

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Noun

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deer n

  1. pet
  2. beast,animal

Synonyms

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Middle English

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Noun

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deer

  1. (especially Late Middle English)alternative form ofder(“deer”)

Nawdm

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Etymology

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CompareTemɖeére.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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deer (pluraldeera)

  1. horse

References

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  • Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane; Nicole, Jacques (2018),Nawdm-French Dictionary‎[2], SIL International

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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FromOld Frisiandēr,thēr, fromProto-West Germanic*þār. More atthere.

Adverb

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deer

  1. there
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