hert

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Meaning

  1. (neuter) a deer, a ruminant of the family Cervidae; sometimes used of members of the families Moschidae and Tragulidae in non-scientific use (see derived terms)
  2. (neuter) venison, the meat of a deer

Frequency

C1
Gender
Neuter
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɦɛrt/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch hert, from Old Dutch hirot, from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-.

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