ciervo
Spanish
Alternative forms
- cieruo (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Spanish, from Latin cervus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂wós, from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”) (cf. Latin cornu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθjeɾbo/ [ˈθjeɾ.β̞o]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsjeɾbo/ [ˈsjeɾ.β̞o]
Audio (Spain) (file) Audio (Peru) File:ciervo.ogg (file) - Rhymes: -eɾbo
- Syllabification: cier‧vo
- Homophone: (Latin America) siervo
Noun
ciervo m (plural ciervos, feminine cierva, feminine plural ciervas)
- deer, stag
- Synonym: venado
Derived terms
- cervatillo
- ciervo mulo
- ciervo rojo
- ciervo volante
Related terms
- cérvido
- cervuno (“deer-like”)
- serval
Further reading
- “ciervo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014