🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

cerf

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /sɛʁ/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Deer/dɪər/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #3450 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Un grand cerf traverse le chemin forestier."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A hoofed grazing or browsing mammal with antlers on the males of most species.

    "A majestic deer stood at the edge of the forest before leaping into the trees."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English word 'dēor', meaning beast or wild animal, which comes from Proto-Germanic '*deuzą'. Over time, the meaning narrowed from any wild animal specifically to the hoofed ruminant mammal of the family Cervidae.

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