doe

Meaning

Noun

1. A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).
2. A female rabbit.
3. A female hare.
4. A female squirrel.
5. A female kangaroo.

Verb

Obsolete spelling of do.

Adv

though

Synonyms

female deer

hind

deer

🦌

female

roe

stag

🦌

hart

hen

🐔

nanny

she

👩

cervid

female rabbit

antelope

jenny-

bitch

buck

bug

🐛

dam

gazelle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dəʊ/

Etymology

From Middle English do, from Old English dā (“female deer”), from Proto-West Germanic *daijā, from Proto-Germanic *dajjǭ (“female deer, mother deer”), from Proto-Germanic *dajjaną (“to suckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck (milk), to suckle”).
Cognate with Scots da, dae (“female deer”), Alemannic German tē (“doe”), Danish då (“deer, doe”), Sanskrit धेनु (dhenú, “cow, milk-cow”), Old English dēon (“to suckle”), Old English delu (“teat”). Related also to female, filial, fetus.