deer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English der, deer (“animal, deer”), from Old English dēor (“animal”), from Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm (“living thing”), from *dʰéws (“breath”), full-grade derivative of *dʰwes-.
Cognate with Scots deer (“deer”), North Frisian dier (“animal, beast”), West Frisian dier (“animal, beast”), Dutch dier (“animal, beast”), German Low German Deer, Deert (“animal”), German Tier (“animal, beast”), Swedish djur (“animal, beast”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk dyr (“animal, beast”), Icelandic dýr (“animal, beast”).
Related also to Albanian dash (“ram”) (possibly), Lithuanian daũsos (“upper air; heaven”), Lithuanian dùsti (“to sigh”), Russian душа́ (dušá, “breath, spirit”), Lithuanian dvė̃sti (“to breathe, exhale”), Sanskrit ध्वंसति (dhvaṃsati, “he falls to dust”).
For the semantic development compare Latin animālis (“animal”), from anima (“breath, spirit”).
Inflected forms:
form: deer
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: deers
pos: noun
tags: dated
error-unknown-tag
nonstandard
plural
Senses:
gloss: A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Deer sperm was in used among the Romans as an aphrodisiac.
Musk Deer (Moschus moschiferus)
The musk deer is unique in several ways, reflecting its taxonomic separation from other deer (Flerov, 1952). For example , they are the only deer to possess a gall bladder[…]
The Java deer Cervus timorensis is now widespread […] This deer 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 deer Muntiacus muntjak has persisted in many areas where there is some forest cover. The third and smallest deer on Java and Bali is the mouse deer Tragulus javanicus.
gloss: A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Nara and its deer are so closely associated that the light-brown colored animals are pictured in the city’s tourism ads, on buses, train tickets and more.
gloss: A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: I wrecked my car after a deer ran across the road.
Sure, most of us hunt deer around here, but not many of us have ever hunted moose.
In the space beyond that, Rose saw a deer, with abbreviated velvet antlers and a cautious yet somehow also bored mien, considering her through dark, strangely human eyes.
gloss: The meat of such an animal, obtained through the process of hunting or from specialized deer farms; venison.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: I'd never had deer before I ate dinner with the Johanssens. In time I learned to like it; its gaminess is an acquired taste.
gloss: Any animal, especially a quadrupedal mammal as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: But mice and rats and such small deer, have been Tom's food for seven long year.
Derived words: antideer
axis deer
Bactrian deer
barking deer
Bawean deer
black-tailed deer
brow-antlered deer
Calamian deer
Chinese water deer
cloud deer
Corsican red deer
deer antler knife
deerberry
deerburger
Deer Creek
deerdom
Deerfield
deerflesh
deer fly
deerfly
deer fly fever
deerfold
deerfood
deergrass
deergut
deer-hair
deer-hay
deerhood
deerhorn
deer horn knife
deerhound
deerie
deer in the headlights
deer in the headlight syndrome
deerish
Deer Island
Deer Isle
deer ked
deerless
deerlet
deerlick
deerlike
deerling
Deer Lodge
deer meat
deer moon
deer mouse
deer-neck
deerness
Deer Park
deer-pig
deer scarer
deershit
deerskin
deer-skin
deerslaughter
deerslayer
deerstalker
deer stalker
deer stalking
deerstealer
deer's tongue
deer tick
deer tiger
deertoe
Deer Vale
deervetch
deer yard
Eld's deer
European red deer
fallow deer
Formosan deer
ghost deer
giant deer
Guinea deer
hog deer
Indian hog deer
Indochinese hog deer
Irish deer
Japanese deer
Java mouse-deer
key deer
kill-deer
Maral deer
marsh deer
Mindanao mountain deer
Mindoro deer
moose deer
mouse-deer
mountain deer
mouse deer
mule deer
musk deer
nondeer
north Andean deer
Not-Deer
pampas deer
Père David's deer
Prince Alfred's deer
ravine deer
red deer
reindeer
rib-faced deer
roe deer
roedeer
rusa deer
Schomburgk's deer
sika deer
Sitka deer
spotted deer
swamp deer
teal deer
telemetacarpal deer
Thorold's deer
true deer
Tsushima Island deer
vampire deer
Vietnamese deer
Virginia deer
Visayan spotted deer
water deer
western roe deer
White Deer
white-tailed deer
Yarkand deer
zombie deer disease
Translations:
lang: Abenaki
word: nolka
lang: Afrikaans
word: takbok
lang: Dupaningan Agta
word: ogsa
lang: Ainu
word: ユㇰ
roman: yuk
lang: Aklanon
word: usa
lang: Albanian
word: dre
lang: Albanian
word: sutë
lang: Albanian
word: drenushë
lang: Albanian
word: sorkadhe
lang: Algonquin
word: wàwàckèci
lang: Southern Altai
word: ак кийик
roman: ak kiyik
lang: Southern Altai
word: кийик
roman: kiyik
lang: Southern Altai
word: суун
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word: mesü
lang: Western Apache
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word: أَيِّل
roman: ʔayyil
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word: եղջերու
roman: eġǰeru
lang: Armenian
word: եղնիկ
roman: eġnik
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word: tserbu
lang: Assamese
word: হৰিণা
roman: horina
lang: Assamese
word: হৰিণাপহু
roman: horinapohu
lang: Assamese
word: হৰিণ
roman: horin
lang: Asturian
word: ciervu
lang: Asturian
word: venáu
lang: Aymara
word: taruka
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word: maral
lang: West Coast Bajau
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lang: Bashkir
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lang: Basque
word: orein
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word: საგ class bd
roman: sag
lang: Beaver
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word: але́нь
roman: aljénʹ
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word: হরিণ
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word: သမင်
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lang: Buryat
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word: usa
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word: сай
roman: saj
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎠᏫ
roman: awi
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎠᎭᏫ
roman: ahawi
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 鹿
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鹿
roman: lù
lang: Chukchi
word: ӄораӈы
lang: Comanche
word: arʉka
lang: Cornish
word: karow
lang: Creek
word: eco
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word: jelen
lang: Czech
word: laň
lang: Danish
word: hjort
lang: Dutch
word: hert
lang: Egyptian
word: h-n:n-F5
roman: hnn
lang: Egyptian
word: i-A-i-i-Z7-Z4:r-Z1-F27
roman: jꜣywr
lang: Elfdalian
word: juort
lang: Erzya
word: сёкань
roman: śokań
lang: Esperanto
word: cervo
lang: Estonian
word: hirv
lang: Even
word: оран
roman: oran
lang: Evenki
word: орон
roman: oron
lang: Ewe
word: zi
lang: Faroese
word: hjørtur
lang: Finnish
word: hirvieläin
lang: French
word: cerf
lang: French
word: chevreuil
lang: Middle French
word: cerf
lang: Old French
word: cerf
lang: West-Frisian
word: hart
lang: Friulian
word: cierf
lang: Friulian
word: cierv
lang: Galician
word: cervo
lang: Georgian
word: ირემი
roman: iremi
lang: German
word: Hirsch
lang: Greek
word: ελάφι
roman: eláfi
lang: Greek
word: ζαρκάδι
roman: zarkádi
lang: Greek
word: δορκάδα
roman: dorkáda
lang: Greek
word: άλκη
roman: álki
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἔλαφος
roman: élaphos
lang: Greenlandic
word: tuttorsuaq
lang: Mbya Guarani
word: guaxu
lang: Haitian Creole
word: sèf
lang: Hebrew
word: אייל \ אַיָּל
roman: 'ayál
lang: Higaonon
word: saladung
lang: Hiligaynon
word: usa
lang: Hindi
word: हिरन
roman: hiran
lang: Hindi
word: हरिण
roman: hariṇ
lang: Hindi
word: मृग
roman: mŕg
lang: Hixkaryana
word: koso
lang: Hopi
word: sowiʼyngwa
lang: Hungarian
word: szarvas
lang: Iban
word: rusa
lang: Iban
word: bajai
lang: Icelandic
word: hjörtur (krónhjörtur)
lang: Icelandic
word: rádýr
lang: Indonesian
word: kijang
lang: Indonesian
word: rusa
lang: Indonesian
word: menjangan
lang: Ineseño
word: wɨ
lang: Ingrian
word: oleni
lang: Ingush
word: сай
roman: saj
lang: Interlingua
word: cervo
lang: Irish
word: fia
lang: Irish
word: os
lang: Irish
word: fiara
lang: Old Irish
word: fíad
lang: Italian
word: cervo
lang: Italian
word: alce
lang: Italian
word: renna
lang: Italian
word: daino
lang: Italian
word: capriolo
lang: Italian
word: caribù
lang: Japanese
word: 鹿
roman: shika
lang: Jeju
word: 사슴
roman: saseum
lang: Kannada
word: ಜಿಂಕೆ
roman: jiṅke
lang: Kaqchikel
word: masat
lang: Kazakh
word: бұғы
roman: būğy
lang: Ket
word: сель
lang: Northern Khanty
word: вўԓы
roman: wŭły
lang: Khmer
word: រមាំង
roman: rɔmeaŋ
lang: Khmer
word: ស្មាន់
roman: sman
lang: Kimaragang
word: tambang
lang: Korean
word: 사슴
roman: saseum
lang: Koryak
word: ӄояӈа
roman: qoyaŋa
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ئاسک
roman: ask
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: gakûvî
lang: Kyrgyz
word: бугу
roman: bugu
lang: Ladin
word: cerf
lang: Lao
word: ຟານ
roman: fān
lang: Lao
word: ກວາງ
roman: kuāng
lang: Latin
word: cervus
lang: Latin
word: cerva
lang: Latvian
word: briedis
lang: Ligurian
word: çervo
lang: Lithuanian
word: elnias
lang: Lithuanian
word: elnė
lang: Lombard
word: cèrf
lang: Low German
word: hirsch
lang: Lushootseed
word: sqigʷəc
lang: Lutuv
word: sakhiy
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Hirsch
lang: Macedonian
word: елен
roman: elen
lang: Malagasy
word: diera
lang: Malagasy
word: serfa
lang: Malay
word: rusa
lang: Malay
word: menjangan
lang: Malay
word: payau
lang: Malay
word: cewe angin
lang: Brunei Malay
word: payau
lang: Malayalam
word: മാൻ
roman: māṉ
lang: Maltese
word: ċerf (ċerf l-aħmar)
lang: Maltese
word: ċerv
lang: Manchu
word: ᠪᡠᡥᡡ
roman: buhū
lang: Western Bukidnon Manobo
word: selazeng
lang: Mansaka
word: osa
lang: Manx
word: feeaih
lang: Mapudungun
word: wemül
lang: Maranao
word: saladeng
lang: Marathi
word: हरीण
roman: harīṇ
lang: Marathi
word: हरण
roman: haraṇ
lang: Maricopa
word: qwaq
lang: Central Melanau
word: payau
lang: Middle English
word: der
lang: Mi'kmaq
word: lentug
lang: Mi'kmaq
word: lntug
lang: Mi'kmaq
word: lentuk
lang: Mòcheno
word: hirsch
lang: Mohegan-Pequot
word: noyuhc
lang: Mon
word: ဂြာဲ
lang: Mongolian
word: буга
roman: buga
lang: Tagal Murut
word: tambang
lang: Central Nahuatl
word: mazatl
lang: Classical Nahuatl
word: mazatl
lang: Highland Puebla Nahuatl
word: masat
lang: Nanai
word: орон
roman: oron
lang: Nanticoke
word: att-que
lang: Nanticoke
word: yow-cat
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lang: Tundra Nenets
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roman: ti
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word: hjort
lang: Norwegian
word: rådyr
lang: Occitan
word: cèrvi
lang: Northern Ohlone
word: já̄wi
lang: Ojibwe
word: waawaashkeshi
lang: Okinawan
word: 鹿
roman: shikaa
lang: Old Church Slavonic
word: ѥлєнь
roman: jelenĭ
lang: Old English
word: heorot
lang: Old Tupi
word: sygûasu
lang: O'odham
word: sihki
lang: Oroqen
word: kʊmaka
lang: Oroqen
word: ponto
lang: Ossetian
word: саг
roman: sag
lang: Pacoh
word: dyơt
lang: Pali
word: miga
lang: Pashto
word: سګه
roman: sagá
lang: Persian
word: گوزن
roman: gavazn
lang: Persian
word: گاوکوهی
roman: gâvkuhi
lang: Piedmontese
word: serv
lang: Pipil
word: masat
lang: Pipil
word: mazat
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Ree
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Hersch
lang: Polish
word: jeleń
lang: Kashaya
word: bihše
lang: Portuguese
word: veado
lang: Portuguese
word: cervo
lang: Quechua
word: taruka
lang: Quechua
word: taruca
lang: Rohingya
word: hórin
lang: Romagnol
word: zéruv
lang: Romagnol
word: zérov
lang: Romani
word: cherbo
lang: Romanian
word: cerb
lang: Romanian
word: ciută
lang: Romanian
word: căprioară
lang: Romansh
word: tschierv
lang: Russian
word: оле́нь
roman: olénʹ
lang: Salar
word: buğu
lang: Northern Sami
word: ruksesgoddi
lang: Sanskrit
word: मृग
roman: mṛga
lang: Sanskrit
word: हरिण
roman: hariṇa
lang: Sardinian
word: crebu
lang: Sardinian
word: crefu
lang: Sardinian
word: cherbu
lang: Sardinian
word: chervu
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: fiadh
lang: Sebop
word: payau
lang: Sekapan
word: payau
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: јѐлен
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ко̀шута
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ла̏не
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: jèlen
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kòšuta
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: lȁne
lang: Seychellois Creole
word: serf
lang: Sicilian
word: cervu
lang: Sikkimese
word: ཁ་ཤ
roman: kha sha
lang: Slovak
word: jeleň
lang: Slovak
word: laň
lang: Slovene
word: jelen
lang: Slovene
word: košuta
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: jeleń
lang: Spanish
word: ciervo
lang: Spanish
word: venado
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: dia
lang: Swahili
word: kulungu
lang: Swedish
word: hjort
lang: Swedish
word: hjortdjur
lang: Sylheti
word: ꠅꠞꠤꠘ
roman: orin
lang: Tagalog
word: usa
lang: Tai Dam
word: ꪀꪫꪱꪉ
lang: Tajik
word: гавазн
roman: gavazn
lang: Tamil
word: மான்
roman: māṉ
lang: Taos
word: pę́na
lang: Tatar
word: болан
roman: bolan
lang: Tausug
word: usa
lang: Telugu
word: జింక
roman: jiṅka
lang: Tepecano
word: swímar
lang: Tetum
word: rusa
lang: Thai
word: กวาง
roman: gwaang
lang: Tibetan
word: ཤ་བ
roman: sha ba
lang: Tocharian B
word: karse
lang: Turkish
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lang: Turkmen
word: sugun
lang: Tuvan
word: иви
roman: ivi
lang: Udmurt
word: пужей
roman: pužej
lang: Ukrainian
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word: ہرن
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lang: Uyghur
word: بۇغا
roman: bugha
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lang: Vietnamese
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word: stäg
lang: Welsh
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roman: taba
lang: Yaqui
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lang: Yiddish
word: הירש
roman: hirsh
lang: Yoruba
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lang: Isthmus Zapotec
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lang: Zhuang
word: duzlog
lang: Rayón Zoque
word: mʌꞌaj