Tier
Meaning
- (neuter,strong) animal (see usage notes below)
- (neuter,strong) A person who has a quality thought of as animalistic, such as ferocity, strength, hairiness, etc.
- (jargon,neuter,strong) hind (female red deer)
Frequency
Gender
Neuter
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ti藧r/
Etymology
From Middle High German tier, from Old High German tior, from Proto-West Germanic *deu蕗, from Proto-Germanic *deuz膮, from Proto-Indo-European *d拾ews贸m.
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