deer
A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of…A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.
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» A baby deer can stand as soon as it's born.
Ein Rehkitz kann gleich nach der Geburt stehen. — Hans_Adler
Оленёнок сразу же после рождения может встать на ноги. — Wezzel
Маленьке оленятко одразу ж після народження може встати на ноги. — triantafillou
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5 senses(countable)A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.
A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.
(countable)Such a mammal that is in the family Cervidae.
Such a mammal that is in the family Cervidae.
(countable)One of the smaller animals of the family Cervidae, distinguished from a moose or elk.
I wrecked my car after a deer ran across the road.
Sure, most of us hunt deer around here, but not many of us have ever hunted moose.
Hirsch
оле́ньolénʹ
о́леньólenʹ
(uncountable)The meat of such an animal, obtained through the process of hunting or from specialized deer farms; venison.
I'd never had deer before I ate dinner with the Johanssens. In time I learned to like it; its gaminess is an acquired taste.
(countable)Any animal, especially a quadrupedal mammal as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.
- distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
Examples
281 sentencesA baby deer can stand as soon as it's born.
Маленьке оленятко одразу ж після народження може встати на ноги. — triantafillou
ruОленёнок сразу же после рождения может встать на ноги. — Wezzel
deEin Rehkitz kann gleich nach der Geburt stehen. — Hans_Adler
Tom went deer hunting.
Том пішов полювати на оленя. — deniko
The archer killed the deer.
Стрілець вбив оленя. — deniko
ruСтрелок убил оленя. — OlegDudin
deDer Bogenschütze tötete den Hirsch. — MUIRIEL
They hunted deer and foxes.
Вони полювали на оленей і лисиць. — deniko
ruОни охотились на оленей и лисиц. — Wezel
Is it a deer?
Це олень? — deniko
ruЭто олень? — marafon
deIst es ein Hirsch? — User4473
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English der, deer (“animal, deer”), from Old English dēor (“animal”), from ProFrom Middle English der, deer (“animal, deer”), from Old English dēor (“animal”), from Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm (“living thing”), from *dʰéws (“breath”), full-grade derivative of *dʰwes-.
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Forms
plural: deerSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
78 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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