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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesvenaison
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /və.nɛ.zɔ̃/
"Le civet de venaison est un plat traditionnel d'automne."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The meat of a deer, used as food.
"The upscale restaurant served roasted venison with a rich berry reduction sauce." - 2
Game meat in general, in historical or specialized hunting contexts.
"Hunters in the medieval forest gathered to divide the venison from the day's harvest."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old French word 'venison', originating from the Latin 'venatio' meaning 'hunting' or 'the game caught in hunting'. Over centuries following the Norman Conquest of 1066, it shifted specifically from meaning the meat of any wild animal obtained by hunting to exclusively denoting the flesh of deer.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Venison" is said worldwide
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venaison
Transliteration: /və.nɛ.zɔ̃/
"Le civet de venaison est un plat traditionnel d'automne."
Wildbret
Transliteration: /ˈvɪltˌbʁɛt/
"In den Herbstmonaten essen wir gerne Wildbret."
cervo
Transliteration: /ˈtʃɛr.vo/
"Lo stufato di cervo è molto saporito."
venado
Transliteration: /beˈna.ðo/
"El filete de venado se cocinó a la perfección."
carne de veado
Transliteration: /ˈkaɾ.nɨ dɨ viˈa.du/
"Ele preparou carne de veado para o jantar de Natal."
हिरण کا گوشت
Transliteration: hiran ka gosht
Script: हिरन का मांस
"शिकारियों ने हिरन का मांस पकाया।"
鹿肉
Transliteration: lùròu
"这家餐厅的鹿肉非常鲜嫩。"
사슴고기
Transliteration: saseumgogi
"우리는 저녁으로 사슴고기를 먹었다."
鹿肉
Transliteration: shikaniku
"そのレストランでは美味しい鹿肉料理を提供しています。"
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