Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

red deer

/ɹɛd dɪɹ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables
red deer
IPA
/ɹɛd dɪɹ/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of large deer, Cervus elaphus, found in Europe and southwestern Asia.

noun

The wapiti or North American elk, Cervus canadensis, a deer species of North America, long believed to be a subspecies of the European red deer.

Dated

name

A city in Alberta, Canada, the centre of Red Deer County.

Etymology

A translation of Cree ᐘᐢᑲᓲ ᓰᐱᕀ (waskasoo siipiy, “elk creek”), mistranslated by British fur traders as red deer river after mistaking elk for European red deer. The mistranslated name was used to name the Red Deer River which served as the namesake for the original settlement.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ᐘᐢᑲᓲ ᓰᐱᕀ

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɹɛd dɪɹ/
  • British English: /ɹɛd dɪə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

red deers (plural)

Phrases

Red Deer County

Synonyms

elk american elk wapiti cervus elaphus

Questions

How do you pronounce red deer?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɛd dɪɹ/.
What does red deer mean?
A species of large deer, Cervus elaphus, found in Europe and southwestern Asia.
Where does red deer come from?
A translation of Cree ᐘᐢᑲᓲ ᓰᐱᕀ (waskasoo siipiy, “elk creek”), mistranslated by British fur traders as red deer river after mistaking elk for European red deer. The mistranslated name was used to name the Red Deer River which served as the namesake for the original settlement.

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