reindeer

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪndɪə/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈɹɛjndɪː/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈɹɛjndɪjə/
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• General-American: /ˈɹeɪndɪɹ/
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• Australia: /ˈɹæɪndɪə/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈɹæɪndiə/
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• Scotland: /ˈɾendiɾ/
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• Wales: /ˈɾeindiːə/ without the pane–pain merger
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• rhymes with -eɪndɪə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: R EY1 N D IH2 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

144 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ahtna: udzih — Rangifer tarandus
• Ainu: トゥナッカィ (tunakkay) — Rangifer tarandus
• Albanian: renë — Rangifer tarandus
• Aleut: itx̂aygix̂ — Rangifer tarandus
• Alutor: ӄураӈа (quraŋa) — Rangifer tarandus
• Arabic: رَنَة (rana) — Rangifer tarandus
• Armenian: հյուսիսային եղջերու (hyusisayin eġǰeru) — Rangifer tarandus
• Asturian: renu — Rangifer tarandus
• Azerbaijani: şimal maralı — Rangifer tarandus
• Basque: elur-orein — Rangifer tarandus
• Belarusian: паўно́чны але́нь (pawnóčny aljénʹ) — Rangifer tarandus
• Breton: karv-erc'h — Rangifer tarandus
• Breton: kirvi-erc'h — Rangifer tarandus
• Bulgarian: се́верен еле́н (séveren elén) — Rangifer tarandus
• Bulgarian: кари́бу (karíbu) — Rangifer tarandus
• Catalan: ren — Rangifer tarandus
• Cherokee: ᏧᏴᏢ ᎠᏫ (tsuyvtlv awi) — Rangifer tarandus
• Chinese Mandarin: 馴鹿 /驯鹿 (xùnlù) — Rangifer tarandus
• Chukchi: ӄораӈы (qoraṇy) — Rangifer tarandus
• Cree: ᐊᑎᐦᒄ (atihkw) — Rangifer tarandus
• Atikamekw: atikw — Rangifer tarandus
• Czech: sob — Rangifer tarandus
• Danish: ren — Rangifer tarandus
• Danish: rensdyr — Rangifer tarandus
• Dutch: rendier — Rangifer tarandus
• Erzya: пучо (pučo) — Rangifer tarandus
• Esperanto: boaco — Rangifer tarandus
• Esperanto: rangifero — Rangifer tarandus
• Esperanto: norda cervo — Rangifer tarandus
• Estonian: põhjapõder — Rangifer tarandus
• Estonian: poro (in Eurasia) — Rangifer tarandus
• Estonian: karibu — Rangifer tarandus
• Even: ора̇н (orȧn) — Rangifer tarandus
• Evenki: орон (oron) — Rangifer tarandus
• Faroese: reindýr — Rangifer tarandus
• Faroese: reindjór — Rangifer tarandus
• Faroese: reinsdjór — Rangifer tarandus
• Finnish: peura — Rangifer tarandus
• Finnish: poro (semi-domesticated) — Rangifer tarandus
• Finnish: karibu — Rangifer tarandus
• French: renne — Rangifer tarandus
• French: caribou — Rangifer tarandus
• Galician: reno — Rangifer tarandus
• Georgian: ჩრდილოეთის ირემი (črdiloetis iremi) — Rangifer tarandus
• German: Ren — Rangifer tarandus
• German: Rentier — Rangifer tarandus
• Greek: τάρανδος (tárandos) — Rangifer tarandus
• Ancient Greek: τάρανδος (tárandos) — Rangifer tarandus
• Greenlandic: tuttu — Rangifer tarandus
• Hindi: रेनडियर (renḍiyar) — Rangifer tarandus
• Hungarian: rénszarvas — Rangifer tarandus
• Icelandic: hreindýr — Rangifer tarandus
• Ido: rentiro — Rangifer tarandus
• Ido: karibuo — Rangifer tarandus
• Ingrian: pohjan oleni — Rangifer tarandus
• Interlingua: ren — Rangifer tarandus
• Inuktitut: ᑐᒃᑐ (tokto) — Rangifer tarandus
• Inupiaq: tuttu — Rangifer tarandus
• Irish: réinfhia — Rangifer tarandus
• Italian: renna — Rangifer tarandus
• Itelmen: ӄора (qora) — Rangifer tarandus
• Japanese: トナカイ (tonakai) — Rangifer tarandus
• Japanese: 馴鹿 (tonakai) — Rangifer tarandus
• Japanese: 馴鹿 (junroku) — Rangifer tarandus
• Javanese: kidang kutub — Rangifer tarandus
• Karelian: petra — Rangifer tarandus
• Kazakh: солтүстік бұғы (soltüstık būğy) — Rangifer tarandus
• Ket: сель (selʹ) — Rangifer tarandus
• Korean: 순록 (sullok) — Rangifer tarandus
• Latin: tarandrus — Rangifer tarandus
• Latin: tarandus — Rangifer tarandus
• Latvian: ziemeļbriedis — Rangifer tarandus
• Lithuanian: šiaurinis elnias — Rangifer tarandus
• Lower Tanana: bedzeyh — Rangifer tarandus
• Luxembourgish: Rendéier — Rangifer tarandus
• Macedonian: ирвас (irvas) — Rangifer tarandus
• Malay: rusa kutub — Rangifer tarandus
• Manchu: ᠣᡵᠣᠨ ᠪᡠᡥᡡ (oron buhū) — Rangifer tarandus
• Māori: renetia — Rangifer tarandus
• Middle English: reynder — Rangifer tarandus
• Mongolian: цаа буга (caa buga) — Rangifer tarandus
• Mongolian: буга (buga) — Rangifer tarandus
• Nanai: оро̄н (orōn) — Rangifer tarandus
• Negidal: ойон — Rangifer tarandus
• Norwegian Bokmål: reinsdyr — Rangifer tarandus
• Norwegian Bokmål: rein — Rangifer tarandus
• Norwegian Nynorsk: reinsdyr — Rangifer tarandus
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rein — Rangifer tarandus
• Ojibwe: adik — Rangifer tarandus
• Old English: hrān — Rangifer tarandus
• Old Norse: hreinn — Rangifer tarandus
• Oroch: оро — Rangifer tarandus
• Oroqen: ɔrɔn — Rangifer tarandus
• Persian: گوزن شمالی (gavazn-e šomâli) — Rangifer tarandus
• Polish: renifer — Rangifer tarandus
• Polish: karibu — Rangifer tarandus
• Portuguese: rena — Rangifer tarandus
• Portuguese: rangífer — Rangifer tarandus
• Portuguese: rangífero — Rangifer tarandus
• Romanian: ren — Rangifer tarandus
• Russian: се́верный оле́нь (sévernyj olénʹ) — Rangifer tarandus
• Russian: кари́бу (karíbu) — Rangifer tarandus
• Inari-Sami: puásui — Rangifer tarandus
• Inari-Sami: kodde — Rangifer tarandus
• Kildin-Sami: пуаз (puaz) — Rangifer tarandus
• Lule-Sami: boatsoj — Rangifer tarandus
• Northern Sami: boazu — Rangifer tarandus
• Skolt-Sami: puäʒʒ — Rangifer tarandus
• Skolt-Sami: kââʹreǩ — Rangifer tarandus
• Skolt-Sami: kåʹdd — Rangifer tarandus
• Southern Sami: bovtje — Rangifer tarandus
• Southern Sami: bovtse — Rangifer tarandus
• Scottish Gaelic: fiadh Lochlannach — Rangifer tarandus
• Scottish Gaelic: fiadh-sneachda — Rangifer tarandus
• Serbo-Croatian: и̏рва̄с — Rangifer tarandus
• Serbo-Croatian: со̏б — Rangifer tarandus
• Serbo-Croatian: северни јелен — Rangifer tarandus
• Serbo-Croatian: сјеверни јелен — Rangifer tarandus
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉrvās — Rangifer tarandus
• Serbo-Croatian: sȍb — Rangifer tarandus
• Serbo-Croatian: severni jelen — Rangifer tarandus
• Serbo-Croatian: sjeverni jelen — Rangifer tarandus
• Slovak: sob — Rangifer tarandus
• Slovene: severni jelen — Rangifer tarandus
• Spanish: reno — Rangifer tarandus
• Spanish: rangífero — Rangifer tarandus
• Spanish: caribú — Rangifer tarandus
• Swahili: kulungu aktiki — Rangifer tarandus
• Swahili: mbawala aktiki — Rangifer tarandus
• Swedish: ren — Rangifer tarandus
• Swedish: rendjur — Rangifer tarandus
• Tagalog: reno — Rangifer tarandus
• Tanacross: wudzih — Rangifer tarandus
• Thai: กวางเรนเดียร์ (gwaang rayn-dia) — Rangifer tarandus
• Thai: เรนเดียร์ (rayn-dia) — Rangifer tarandus
• Turkish: Ren geyiği — Rangifer tarandus
• Tuvan: иви (ivi) — Rangifer tarandus
• Udihe: оро — Rangifer tarandus
• Udihe: оло — Rangifer tarandus
• Ukrainian: півні́чний оле́нь (pivníčnyj olénʹ) — Rangifer tarandus
• Ulch: оро — Rangifer tarandus
• Vietnamese: tuần lộc — Rangifer tarandus
• Welsh: carw Llychlyn — Rangifer tarandus
• Northern Yukaghir: илэ (ile) — Rangifer tarandus