cervid

cervid

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, an appellativization from Cervid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names), or, by surface analysis, Latin cerv(us) (“deer”) +‎ -id.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜː.vɪd/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝ.vɪd/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪd

Noun

cervid (plural cervids)

(zoology) Synonym of true deer.

Related terms

cervoid (adjective)

Translations

animal of the family Cervidae

Catalan: cèrvid m
Esperanto: cervedo (eo)
French: cervidé (fr) m
Galician: cérvido (gl) m
Hungarian: szarvasféle, szarvas (hu)
Italian: cervide (it) m
Kazakh: бұғы (būğy)
Portuguese: cervídeo m
Romanian: cervid (ro) n
Spanish: cérvido (es) m

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cervidés.

Noun

cervid n (plural cervide)

cervid

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cervid	cervidul	cervide	cervidele
genitive-dative	cervid	cervidului	cervide	cervidelor
vocative	cervidule		cervidelor