different between deer vs gazelle
deer
English
Etymology
From Middle English deere, dere, der, dier, deor (“small animal, deer”), from Old English d?or (“animal”), from Proto-West Germanic *deu?, from Proto-Germanic *deuz?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewsóm (“living thing”), from *d?éws (“breath”), full-grade derivative of *d?wes-.
Cognate with Scots dere, deir (“deer”), North Frisian dier (“animal, beast”), West Frisian dier (“animal, beast”), Dutch dier (“animal, beast”), German Low German Deer, Deert (“animal”), German Tier (“animal, beast”), Swedish djur (“animal, beast”), Norwegian dyr (“animal”), Icelandic dýr (“animal, beast”).
Related also to Albanian dash (“ram”) (possibly), Lithuanian da?sos (“upper air; heaven”), Lithuanian dùsti (“to sigh”), Russian ????? (dušá, “breath, spirit”), Lithuanian dv?sti (“to breathe, exhale”), Sanskrit ??????? (dhva?sati, “he falls to dust”).
For the semantic development compare Latin anim?lis (“animal”), from anima (“breath, spirit”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??/
- (Scotland, some US) IPA(key): /di??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Homophones: dear, dir
Noun
deer (plural deer or (nonstandard) deers)
- A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla.
- (in particular) One of the smaller animals of this family, distinguished from a moose or elk
- The meat of such an animal; venison.
- (obsolete, except in the phrase "small deer") Any animal, especially a quadrupedal mammal as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III. IV
- But mice and rats and such small deer, have been Tom's food for seven long year.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act III. IV
Hyponyms
- buck, stag (male deer); doe, hind (female deer); fawn (young deer); hart (adult deer)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: dia
Translations
Anagrams
- Rede, Reed, de re, dere, dree, rede, reed
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e?r
Verb
deer
- first-person singular present indicative of deren
- imperative of deren
Hunsrik
Alternative forms
- tëyer (Wiesemann spelling system)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?te??/
Etymology 1
From Middle High German and Old High German ir. Compare Luxembourgish dir.
Pronoun
deer
- you (plural)
Inflection
Etymology 2
Pronoun
deer
- stressed dative of du.
Inflection
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Limburgish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch dier, from Old Dutch dier, from Proto-Germanic *deuz?.
Noun
deer n
- pet
- (obsolete) beast, animal
Inflection
- The dative and accusative are obsolete nowadays; use the nominative instead.
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian d?r, th?r, from Proto-West Germanic *þ?r. More at there.
Adverb
deer
- there
deer From the web:
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gazelle
English
Alternative forms
- gazel (archaic)
Etymology
From French gazelle, from Old French gazel, from Arabic ??????? (?az?l).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???z?l/
Noun
gazelle (plural gazelles or gazelle)
- An antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa) or Procapra (native to Asia), capable of running at high speeds for long periods.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- gazelle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Gazella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French gazelle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a??z?.l?/
- Hyphenation: ga?zel?le
Noun
gazelle f (plural gazellen, diminutive gazelletje n)
- gazelle, mammal of the tribe Antilopini
French
Etymology
From Arabic ??????? (?az?l).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.z?l/
Noun
gazelle f (plural gazelles)
- gazelle
Further reading
- “gazelle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- allégez
gazelle From the web:
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- what gazelle means
- what gisele eats in a day
- what gisele bundchen eats
- what gisele eats
- what gazelle mean in spanish
- what's gazelle company
- what's gazelle-eyed
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