deer

Significat (anglès)

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. One of the smaller animals of this family, distinguished from a moose or elk
3. The meat of such an animal; venison.
4. (obsolete) Any animal, especially a quadrupedal mammal as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.

Sinònims

blacktail

antelope

stag

🦌

roe

doe

hart

cervid

fawn

buck

venison

elk

artiodactyl

boshe

mule deer

reindeer

🦌

ungulate

wild animal

indef.

gaselle

Goat

🐐

sika deer

meat

🥩

a kind of deer

Cervidae

wild buffalo

artiodactyl mammal

even-toed ungulate

side-hill seertle

cerf

bug

🐛

Capricorn

♑

carabao

etc.

flesh

🥩

gazelle

hind

kangaroo

🦘

moose

🫎

mountain goat

one

pig

🐖

red deer

roe deer

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/dɪə/

Etimologia (anglès)

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”).