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reindeer

rein·deer

UK/ˈɹeɪndɪə/ US/ˈɹɛjndɪː/ fairly common

noun

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Origin

From Middle English reyndere, reynder, rayne-dere, from Old Norse hreindýri (“reindeer”), from hreinn (“reindeer”) + dýr (“animal”). Compare Dutch rendier (“reindeer”), German Rentier (“reindeer”), Swedish rendjur (“reindeer”), Danish rensdyr (“reindeer”) and French renne (“reindeer”). Related also to displaced Old English hrān (“reindeer”). Unrelated to rein.

Phrases

  • Arctic reindeer
  • busk reindeer
  • cow reindeer
  • Finnish forest reindeer
  • Kamchatkan reindeer
  • mountain reindeer
  • Novaya Zemlya reindeer
  • reindeer calf

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