deer

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Limburgish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Inflection

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English dēor (animal, beast), from Germanic *deuzom, from Indo-European *dheusom. Cognate with Dutch dier, German Tier, Swedish djur; and with Lithuanian dvēsti, Russian душа (dušá).

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: dîr, IPA: /dɪə(r)/, SAMPA: /dI@(r)/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɪə(r)
• Homophones: dear

[edit] Noun

deer (plural deer or dated and rare, deers)

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1. (zoology) a ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla

   I wrecked my car after a deer ran across the road.

2. The meat of such an animal

   Oh I've never had deer before.

[edit] Synonyms

• buck, stag (male deer)
• doe (female deer)
• fawn (young deer)
• hart (adult deer)
• venison (deer meat)

[edit] Derived terms

• white-tailed deer

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• reed

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[edit] Limburgish

[edit] Etymology

From Germanic *deuzom, from Indo-European *dheusom. Cognate with English deer (Old English dēor), Dutch dier, German Tier, Swedish djur; and with Lithuanian dvēsti, Russian душа (dušá).

[edit] Noun

deer n

1. pet
2. (obsolete) beast, animal

[edit] Inflection

Inflection

	Root singular	Root plural	Diminutive singular	Diminutive plural
Nominative	deer	deer	deerke	deerkes
Genitive	deers	deer	deerkes	deerkes
Locative	daer	daer	daerke	daerkes
Dative¹	daerem	daerer	?	?
Accusative¹	deer	?	deerke	deerkes

• Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.