wikipedia|dab=deer (disambiguation)|deer
English
Image:Deer_in_Glenfinnan.jpg|thumb|A deer (1)
Etymology
Old English deor|d�or, from Germanic *deuzom, from Indo-European *dheusom. Cognate with Dutch dier, German Tier, Swedish djur; and with Lithuanian dv�sti, Russian д��а.
Pronunciation
AHD|dîr
IPA|/dɪ�(r)/
SAMPA|/dI@(r)/
audio|en-us-deer.ogg|Audio (US)
Homophones
dear
Noun
en-noun|deer
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- context|zoology a ruminant mammal with antlers and hoof|hooves of the family Cervidae or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla
#: I wrecked my car after a deer ran across the road.
- The meat of such an animal
Synonyms
buck, stag (male deer)
doe (female deer)
fawn (young deer)
venison (deer meat)
Derived terms
white-tailed deer
Translations
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Albanian: dre m, sutë f
Arabic: ARchar|ا��|أ��� (�áyyil) m
Aymara: taruka
Basque: orein
Belarusian: ален� (alen�) m
Bosnian: jelen m, košuta f, lane n
Breton: karv f kirvi p
Bulgarian: елен (elen) :bg:елен|(bg)
Catalan: cérvol m :ca:cérvol|(ca)
Cherokee: á� á�« (awi)
Chinese: 鹿 (lù)
Chumash (Inezeño): wɨ
Croatian: jelen m
Czech: jelen m, la� f
Danish: hjort
Dutch: hert n
Esperanto: cervo
Estonian: hirv
Ewe: zi n
Faroese: hjørtur
Finnish: hirvieläin, hirvi, peura, kauris, poro
French: cerf m
Frisian: hart
Friulian: cierf
Galician: cervo
German: Hirsch m :de:Hirsch|^
Greek: ελά�ι (eláfi) n, ζα�κάδι (zarkáði) n, δο�κάδα (ðorkáða) (Gazella dorcas) f, άλκη (álci) (Cervus elaphus) f
GuaranÃ: guasu
Hebrew: ��� (ayal) m
Hungarian: szarvas
Icelandic: hjörtur (krónhjörtur)
Indonesian: kijang, rusa, menjangan
Interlingua: cervo
Irish: fia, fia rua
Italian: cervo m
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Japanese: 鹿 (��, shika)
Kurdish: KUchar|ئاسک
Ladin: cerf
Latin: cervus m, cerva f
Latvian: briedis
Lithuanian: elnias m, eln� f
Macedonian: елен (elen)
Malayalam: മാൻ
Maltese: �erf (�erf l-aħmar)
Mapuche: wemül
Mi'kmaq: lentuk
Mongolian: б�га (buga)
Nahuatl: mazatl
Norwegian: hjort
Occitan: cèrvi
Persian: FAchar|گ�ز� (gavazn)
Polish: jele� m
Portuguese: veado m, cervo m
Quechua (Bolivia): taruka
Quechua (Ecuador): taruca
Romanian: cerb m, ciut� f
Romansch: tschierv
Romany: cherbo m
Russian: олен� (ol'én�) m
Sami: ruksesgoddi
Sardinian: crebu, crefu, cherbu, chervu
Scottish Gaelic: fiadh
Serbian: jелен (jelen) m
Slovene: jelen m, košuta f
Spanish: ciervo m, venado m (Latin America)
Swedish: hjort
Telugu: �ి�� (jimka)
Turkish: geyik
Tupi: swasu
Ukrainian: олен� (olen�) m
Vietnamese: hÆ°Æ¡u, nai
Welsh: carw
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trans-top|meat from the animal
Finnish: hirvi, hirvenliha, peura, peuranliha, kauris, kauriinliha, poro, poronliha
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Russian: оленина (ol'enÃna) m
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