deer

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English

Etymology

From Middle English deere, dere, der, dier, deor (“small 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 dere, deir (“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”), Norwegian dyr (“animal, beast”), Icelandic dýr (“animal, beast”), Danish dyr (“animal, beast”).

Related also to Albanian dash (“ram”) (possibly), Lithuanian daũsos (“upper air; heaven”), Lithuanian dùsti (“to sigh”), Russian душа́ (dušá, “breath, spirit”), Lithuanian dvėsti (“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) IPA^(key): /dɪə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪɹ/
• (Scotland, some US) IPA^(key): /diːɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
• Homophones: dear, dir

Noun

deer (plural deer or (nonstandard) deers)

1. A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla.
2. (in particular) One of the smaller animals of this family, distinguished from a moose or elk

3. The meat of such an animal; venison.

4. (obsolete, except in the phrase "small deer") Any animal, especially a quadrupedal mammal as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.

Hypernyms

• (ruminant mammal): cervid

Hyponyms

• buck, hart (male deer); doe, hind (female deer); fawn (young deer); stag (adult deer)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: dia

Translations

Anagrams

• -dere, Eder, Rede, Reed, de re, dere, dree, rede, reed

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːr

Verb

deer

1. inflection of deren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• tëyer (Wiesemann spelling system)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteːɐ/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German and Old High German ir. Compare Luxembourgish dir.

Pronoun

deer

1. you (plural)

Inflection

Etymology 2

Pronoun

deer

1. stressed dative of du.

Inflection

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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

1. pet
2. beast, animal

Synonyms

• bees

Nawdm

Etymology

Compare Tem ɖeére.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /děːŕ/

Noun

deer (plural deera)

1. horse

References

• Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane, Nicole, Jacques (2018) Nawdm-French Dictionary‎^[1], SIL International

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian dēr, thēr, from Proto-West Germanic *þār. More at there.

Adverb

deer

1. there