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
• Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “cerf”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette
• “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

Welsh

Etymology

Back-formation from cerfio (“to carve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛrv/

Noun

cerf f (plural cerfiau)

1. (art) carving

Derived terms

• cerflun (“statue”)
• cerfwedd (“relief”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cerf

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cerf	gerf	ngherf	cherf

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “cerf”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies