hind

Meaning

Adj

1. Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
2. Backward; to the rear.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A doe (female deer), especially a red deer at least two years old.
2. (countable, uncountable) A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus.

Noun

A servant, especially an agricultural labourer.

Synonyms

rear

back

🔙

doe

hinder

posterior

hindmost

half

hole up

rearward

at the back

after

behind

deer

🦌

dorsal

dorsally

Translations

biche

hinde

Hirschkuh

cierva

cerva

cerva

Hinde

achterste

trasero

🔙

posterior

corça

ελαφίνα

οπίσθιος

posteriore

🔙

Pronounced as (IPA)

/haɪnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hinde

Inherited from Old English: hindan

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌰

Cognate with Old Norse: hindr

Cognate with Old Norse: handan

Cognate with Old High German: hintana

Cognate with Old English: hinder

Cognate with Latin: contra

Inherited from Middle English: hind

Inherited from Old English: hind

Cognate with Dutch: hinde

Cognate with German: Hinde

Cognate with Danish: hind

Inherited from Middle English: hynd

Cognate with Old Frisian: hinde

In summary

From Middle English hinde, from Old English hindan (“at the rear, from behind”), Proto-Germanic *hinder (“behind, beyond”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-ta- (“down, below, with, far, along, against”), from *ḱóm (“beside, near, by, with”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hindana, “from beyond”), Old Norse hindr (“obstacle”), Old Norse handan (“from that side, beyond”), Old High German hintana (“behind”), German hinter (“behind, beyond”), Old English hinder (“behind, back, in the farthest part, down”), Latin contra (“in return, against”). More at hinder, contrary.