noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈʃɛvɹə(ʊ)teɪn/
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General-American:/ˈʃɛvɹəˌteɪn/
1
noun
Meaning 1
Any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae, native to tropical rainforests of South and Southeast Asia, and Central and West Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mouse deer, tragulid
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mouse deer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ruminant
Narrower terms: kanchil, Tragulus kanchil, napu, Tragulus Javanicus, water chevrotain, water deer, Hyemoschus aquaticus
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French chevrotain, chevrotin (“ruminant of the family Tragulidae”), the diminutive of Old French chevrot (“young goat, kid”), itself a diminutive of chievre (“goat”) (modern French chèvre (“she-goat”)) + -ot (diminutive suffix). Chievre is derived from Latin capra (“she-goat”), from caper (“billy goat, he-goat”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“billy goat, he-goat”)) + -a (suffix forming feminine counterparts of masculine nouns).
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Acehnese:
peulandôk
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Arabic:
طرغولية
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Azerbaijani:
maralçalar
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
West Coast Bajau:
panduk
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Balinese:
kancil
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Bau Bidayuh:
pironuk
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Bulgarian:
еленчета
(elenčeta)
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Bulgarian:
мишевидните елени
(miševidnite eleni)
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Burmese:
ငယ်
(ngai)
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Catalan:
tràgul
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Chinese Mandarin:
鼷鹿
(xīlù)
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Dutch:
dwerghert
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Dutch:
dwergmuskusdier
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Esperanto:
tragolo
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Finnish:
kääpiökauris
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
French:
chevrotain
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Georgian:
ირმულასებრნი
(irmulasebrni)
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
German:
Hirschferkel
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
German:
Zwergböckchen
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Hungarian:
kancsil
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Indonesian:
kancil
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Indonesian:
pelanduk
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Irish:
fia luiche
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Irish:
seibhreatán
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Italian:
tragulo
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Japanese:
豆鹿
(mamejika)
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Javanese:
kancil
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Kannada:
ಬರ್ಕ
(barka)
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Kimaragang:
palanduk
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Lithuanian:
elniukiniai
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Lithuanian:
kančiliai
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Malay:
kancil
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Malay:
pelanduk
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Malayalam:
ചെവ്റോടെയ്ൻ
(cevṟōṭeyṉ)
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Malayalam:
കൂരമാൻ
(kūramāṉ)
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Marathi:
पिसूरी हरीण
(pisūrī harīṇ)
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Central Melanau:
pelanuok
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Tagal Murut:
palanuk
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Norwegian Bokmål:
dvergmoskusdyr
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Norwegian Nynorsk:
dvergmoskusdyr
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Pacoh:
dyéng
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Polish:
kanczyl
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Polish:
myszojeleń
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Portuguese:
tragulídeo
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Portuguese:
trágulo
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Portuguese:
cervo-rato
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Sebop:
pelanok
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Spanish:
dorcaterio
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Spanish:
ciervo ratón
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Spanish:
vioña
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Sundanese:
pecang
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Swahili:
paa-chonge
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Swedish:
mushjort
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Tagalog:
kidang
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Tagalog:
pilandok
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Tamil:
சருகுமான்
(carukumāṉ)
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Telugu:
మౌస్ డీర్
(maus ḍīr)
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Thai:
กระจง
(grà-jong)
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Vietnamese:
cheo
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Vietnamese:
cheo cheo
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
Welsh:
gafrewigan
— any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae
