reindeer
To herd or farm reindeerTo herd or farm reindeer
» Have you ever seen a reindeer?
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1 sensesTo herd or farm reindeer
Examples
35 sentencesHave you ever seen a reindeer?
Santa's sleigh is pulled by flying reindeer.
Santa Claus has many reindeer.
Санта Клаус має багато оленів. — deniko
deDer Weihnachtsmann hat viele Rentiere. — Melang
Who owns these reindeer?
Чиї це північні олені? — deniko
ruЧьи это олени? — marafon
Tom wore a Christmas sweater with embroidered reindeer.
ruТом носил рождественский свитер с оленями. — marafon
Origin
From Middle English reyndere, reynder, rayne-dere, from Old Norse hreindýri (“reindeer”),From Middle English reyndere, reynder, rayne-dere, from Old Norse hreindýri (“reindeer”), from hreinn (“reindeer”) + dýr (“animal”). Compare Dutch rendier (“reindeer”), German Rentier (“reindeer”), Swedish rendjur (“reindeer”), Danish rensdyr (“reindeer”) and French renne (“reindeer”). Related also to displaced Old English hrān (“reindeer”). Unrelated to rein.
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Forms
reindeers, reindeering, reindeered, reindeered| Base form | reindeer · to reindeer |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | reindeers |
| Present participle | reindeering |
| Past simple | reindeered |
| Past participle | reindeered |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.