Phrase guide

fallow deer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈfæl.əʊˌdɪə/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A ruminant mammal of the genus Dama belonging to the family Cervidae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

small Eurasian deer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Dama dama

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: deer, cervid

History

Etymology

From Middle English falowe deer, falyf der, equivalent to fallow + deer, due to the deer's pale brown (fallow) colour.

Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: dre lopatar — Dama dama
  • Armenian: եղնիկ (eġnik) — Dama dama
  • Asturian: gamu — Dama dama
  • Asturian: paletu — Dama dama
  • Azerbaijani: lan — Dama dama
  • Basque: adarzabal — Dama dama
  • Belarusian: лань (lanʹ) — Dama dama
  • Breton: demm — Dama dama
  • Bulgarian: елен лопатар (elen lopatar) — Dama dama
  • Catalan: daina — Dama dama
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黇鹿 (tiānlù) — Dama dama
  • Czech: daněk — Dama dama
  • Danish: dådyr — Dama dama
  • Dutch: damhert — Dama dama
  • Esperanto: damao — Dama dama
  • Estonian: kabehirv — Dama dama
  • Faroese: dádýr — Dama dama
  • Finnish: täpläkauris — Dama dama
  • Finnish: kuusipeura — Dama dama
  • French: daim — Dama dama
  • West-Frisian: deim — Dama dama
  • Friulian: dame — Dama dama
  • Galician: gamo — Dama dama
  • German: Damhirsch — Dama dama
  • Greek: πλατώνι (platóni) — Dama dama
  • Greek: ντάμα (ntáma) — Dama dama
  • Hebrew: יַחְמוּר (yaẖmúr) — Dama dama
  • Hungarian: dámvad — Dama dama
  • Hungarian: dámszarvas — Dama dama
  • Icelandic: dádýr — Dama dama
  • Irish: fia buí — Dama dama
  • Irish: poc fionn — Dama dama
  • Italian: daino — Dama dama
  • Japanese: ダマジカ (damajika) — Dama dama
  • Kazakh: кербұғы (kerbūğy) — Dama dama
  • Khmer: រមាំង (rɔmeaŋ) — Dama dama
  • Kyrgyz: лань (lan) — Dama dama
  • Latin: damma — Dama dama
  • Latvian: dambriedis — Dama dama
  • Lithuanian: danielius — Dama dama
  • Macedonian: елен лопатар (elen lopatar) — Dama dama
  • Maltese: ċerf ta’ l-ewropa — Dama dama
  • Norwegian: dåhjort — Dama dama
  • Norwegian: dådyr — Dama dama
  • Occitan: dam — Dama dama
  • Polish: daniel — Dama dama
  • Portuguese: gamo — Dama dama
  • Romanian: cerb-lopătar — Dama dama
  • Romanian: dam — Dama dama
  • Romansh: dam — Dama dama
  • Russian: лань (lanʹ) — Dama dama
  • Northern Sami: luostegoddi — Dama dama
  • Sardinian: crabriolu — Dama dama
  • Sardinian: crabolu — Dama dama
  • Sardinian: damma — Dama dama
  • Sardinian: sulone — Dama dama
  • Serbo-Croatian: jелен лопатар — Dama dama
  • Serbo-Croatian: jelen lopatar — Dama dama
  • Slovak: daniel škvrnitý — Dama dama
  • Slovene: damjak — Dama dama
  • Lower Sorbian: dańk — Dama dama
  • Upper Sorbian: dańk — Dama dama
  • Upper Sorbian: dańkowy jeleń — Dama dama
  • Spanish: gamo — Dama dama
  • Spanish: paleto — Dama dama
  • Spanish: dama — Dama dama
  • Swedish: dovhjort — Dama dama
  • Tamil: இளம்பழுப்பு மான் (iḷampaḻuppu māṉ) — Dama dama
  • Turkish: alageyik — Dama dama
  • Turkish: yağmurca — Dama dama
  • Ottoman Turkish: چوپور (çopur) — Dama dama
  • Ukrainian: лань (lanʹ) — Dama dama
  • Vietnamese: hươu hoang — Dama dama
  • Welsh: danas — Dama dama
  • Zazaki: kosbesa sur — Dama dama