roe deer

See also: roedeer

English

A roe deer.

Alternative forms

• roedeer

Etymology

From Middle English ro der, roadeor, from Old English rāhdēor (“roe deer”), corresponding to roe +‎ deer. Cognate with Icelandic rádýr, Swedish rådjur, Norwegian and Danish rådyr.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊˌdɪə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊˌdɪɹ/

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

roe deer (plural roe deer)

1. A small, nimble Eurasian deer with no visible tail, a white rump patch, and a reddish summer coat that turns grey in winter, the male having short three-pointed antlers (Capreolus capreolus and Capreolus pygargus).

   Synonyms: chevreuil, roe

   • 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 84:

     Frightened by the noises approaching them from the rear, and apprehensive of the human silence ahead, the five roe deer were halted, their heads high in nervous alertness.

Derived terms

• eastern roe deer (Capreolus pygargus)
• Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus)
• western roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

 

Related terms

• roebuck

Translations

small deer species, Capreolus capreolus

• Albanian: kaproll (sq) m, sorkadhe (sq) f
• Aragonese: corzo m
• Armenian: այծյամ (hy) (aycyam)
• Asturian: corciu (ast), corcia (ast)
• Basque: orkatz (eu)
• Belarusian: казу́ля f (kazúlja)
• Breton: yourc’h (br) m
• Bulgarian: сърна́ (bg) (sǎrná)
• Catalan: cabirol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西方狍 (zh) (xīfāngpáo)

• Czech: srna (cs) f, srnec (cs) m
• Danish: rådyr
• Dutch: ree (nl) m
• Esperanto: kapreolo
• Estonian: metskits (et)
• Ewe: afia n
• Faroese: rádýr
• Finnish: metsäkauris (fi)
• French: chevreuil (fr) m
• Friulian: cjavrûl m
• Galician: corzo (gl) m
• Georgian: შველი (šveli)
• German: Reh (de) n
• Greek: ζαρκάδι (el) n (zarkádi)

  Ancient: δορκάς f (dorkás), πρόξ f (próx)

• Hebrew: אַיַּל הַכַּרְמֶל m (ayál hakarmél)
• Hungarian: őz (hu)
• Icelandic: rádýr (is)
• Ido: kapreolo (io)
• Irish: fia odhar m
• Italian: capriolo (it) m
• Japanese: 麕 (ja) (ノロ, noro), 麕鹿 (ノロジカ, norojika)
• Jeju: 노리 (nori)
• Kashubian: Eùropejskô sarna
• Kazakh: елік (elık)
• Korean: 노루 (ko) (noru)
• Ladin: rehl m, capriol m
• Latgalian: meža koza f
• Latvian: stirna (lv)
• Laz: მსქვერი (mskveri)
• Lithuanian: stirna f
• Luxembourgish: Réi (lb) n
• Macedonian: срна (srna)
• Malay: kijang
• Maltese: ċerfa
• Manchu: ᡤᡳᠣ (gio)
• Mazanderani: شوکا
• Mingrelian: სქვერი (skveri)
• Mòcheno: reach n
• Nanai: гиу (giu)
• Northern Sami: ^{(please verify)} ruoigu, ^{(please verify)} vuovderuoigu
• Norwegian: rådyr (no) n
• Occitan: cabiròl (oc) m, cabròl (oc) m
• Persian: شوکا (fa) (šukâ)
• Picard: chevreu
• Polish: sarna (pl)
• Portuguese: corço (pt) m
• Proto-Norse: ᚱᚨᛇᚺᚨᚾ (raïhan)
• Romani: kaperiwara f
• Romanian: căprior (ro) m, căprioară (ro) f
• Romansch: ^{(please verify)} chavriel m
• Russian: косу́ля (ru) f (kosúlja)
• Sardinian: crabiolu, bettu, betta, crabolu
• Scottish Gaelic: earb (gd) f, seang m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ср́на f, ср̀нда̄ћ m

  Roman: sŕna (sh) f, sr̀ndāć m

• Slovak: srna f
• Slovene: srna f, srnjak m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: sarna f

  Upper Sorbian: sarna f

• Spanish: corzo (es) m
• Svan: ილუ̂ (ilû)
• Swedish: rådjur (sv)
• Turkish: karaca (tr)
• Ukrainian: козу́ля f (kozúlja)
• Venetian: caoriól, cavriól, cavriòło
• Walloon: tchivroû (wa)
• Welsh: iwrch (cy) m
• West Frisian: ree (fy)

Further reading

• roe deer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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