Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cervine

/ˈsəːvʌɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cervine
IPA: /ˈsəːvʌɪn/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer (in the broad sense).

adj

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer (in the broad sense).

noun

Any cervid/true deer.

Informal

noun

Any cervid/true deer.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: cervid (in attributive use)"
"To which she replied sweetly, shaking that fine cervine head: ‘At any moment tell yourself that things are much better that they have any right to be.’"
"The cervines are arguably Europe's greatest mammalian success story: the earliest type, Cervavitus, first appeared about 10 million years ago—in Europe."

Etymology

By anglicisation from Latin cervīnus; by surface analysis, Latin cerv(us) (“deer”) + -ine.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: cervīnus

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈsəːvʌɪn/

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

cervines (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

caprine caprid bovine bovid

Synonyms

deerish deerlike cervoid cervid deer

Questions

How do you pronounce cervine?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsəːvʌɪn/.
What does cervine mean?: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of deer (in the broad sense).
Where does cervine come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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