deer

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, Australian) IPA(key): /dɪə/ (General American) IPA(key): /dɪɹ/ (Scotland, some US) IPA(key): /diːɹ/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /diːɹ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /diə/ (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /dɛː/ Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Homophones: dear; dare (cheer–chair merger) === Noun === deer (countable and uncountable, plural deer or (dated or nonstandard; occasionally used in the sense of more than one species) deers) (countable) 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. Hypernyms: ungulate < mammal < vertebrate < animal < organism < creature Hyponyms: (taxonomically) cervine, cervid, true deer; barasingha, caribou, elk, moose, muntjac, musk deer, mouse deer; (by age) buck (male), hart (male), doe (female), hind (female), fawn (young), stag (adult male) Coordinate terms: (some other ungulates) antelope, goat-antelope, caprid, bovid, equid (countable; in particular) Such a mammal that is in the family Cervidae. Synonyms: true deer, cervid, cervine (broad sense) Hypernyms: deer (broad sense) < ungulate < mammal < vertebrate < animal < organism < creature Hyponym: cervine (precise sense) (countable; in particular) One of the smaller animals of the family Cervidae, distinguished from a moose or elk. (uncountable) The meat of such an animal, obtained through the process of hunting or from specialized deer farms; venison. (countable, puristic, otherwise obsolete or archaic) Any animal, especially a quadrupedal mammal as opposed to a bird, fish, etc. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Sranan Tongo: dia ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === -dere, Eder, Rede, Reed, de re, dere, dree, rede, reed == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eːr === Verb === deer inflection of deren: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == Hunsrik == === Alternative forms === tëyer (Wiesemann spelling) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈteːa/ Rhymes: -eːa Syllabification: deer Homophone: Deer === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German it, from Old High German ir. Compare Luxembourgish dir. ==== Pronoun ==== deer you (plural) (formal) you (singular) === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronoun ==== deer stressed dative of du === Inflection === === References === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “deer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 32, column 2 == Limburgish == === Alternative forms === dier (some dialects, Maastrichtian) dieer (Krefeld) deier (Sittard) deër (Southeast Limburgish) Déër (Eupen) === Etymology === From Middle Dutch dier, from Old Dutch dier, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /deːʀ/ Hyphenation: deer Rhymes: -eːʀ === Noun === deer n pet beast, animal ==== Synonyms ==== bees == Middle English == === Noun === deer (especially Late Middle English) alternative form of der (“deer”) == Nawdm == === Etymology === Compare Tem ɖeére. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /děːŕ/ === Noun === deer (plural deera) horse === References === Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane; Nicole, Jacques (2018), Nawdm-French Dictionary‎[2] == Saterland Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian dēr, thēr, from Proto-West Germanic *þār. More at there. === Adverb === deer there