cerf

See also: Cerf and ċerf

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French cerf, from Latin cervus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (usually) /sɛʁ/, (rarely) /sɛʁf/

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• Homophones: cerfs (general), serre, serrent, serres, sers, sert (usual form only), serf, serfs (some speakers)

Noun

cerf m (plural cerfs, feminine biche)

1. a stag, a hart

Derived terms

• bander comme un cerf
• cerf axis
• cerf rouge
• langue de cerf

 

Further reading

• “cerf” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “cerf” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “cerf”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin cervus.

Noun

cerf

1. deer

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French cerf, from Latin cervus.

Noun

cerf m (plural cerfs, feminine singular biche, feminine plural biches)

1. a stag, a hart

Derived terms

• langue de cerf

Old French

Etymology

From Latin cervus.

Noun

cerf oblique singular, m (oblique plural cers, nominative singular cers, nominative plural cerf)

1. deer (animal)

Descendants

• Middle French: cerf