reindeer
Syllables: rein·deerUK/ˈɹeɪndɪə/
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British/ˈɹɛjndɪː/
reindeer noun: any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.
Noun
reindeer (plural reindeer or reindeers)
- Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.
- Santa Claus' sleigh is supposedly pulled by nine reindeer
- Here is a prodigious number of wild beaſts, as ſtags, bears, wolves, foxes of various colours, martens, hares, glittens, beavers, otters, elk, and rein deer: the latter is leſs than a stag.1768, D[aniel] Fenning, “LAPLAND”, in The Royal English Dictionary; or, A Treasury of the English Language, 3rd improved edition, London: Printed for R. Baldwin, Hawes and Co., T. Caslon, S. Crowder...
- Any species, subspecies, ecotype, or other scientific grouping of such animals.
Verb
reindeer (third-person singular simple present reindeers, present participle reindeering, simple past and past participle reindeered)
reindeer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
reindeer in Hindi
- Rangifer tarandus
- रेनडियर renḍiyar
reindeer in Tamil
- பனிக்கலைமான்
reindeer in Marathi
- रेनडियर, रेनडीअर
reindeer in Urdu
- قطبی ہرن
More languagesFewer languages
- reindeer in Bengali
- এই প্রাণীদের যেকোনো প্রজাতি, উপপ্রজাতি, ইকোটাইপ, অন্যান্য বৈজ্ঞানিক শ্রেণিবিন্যাস
- reindeer in Telugu
- రైన్డీర్, రెయిన్డీర్
- reindeer in Malayalam
- റെയ്ൻഡിയർ
- reindeer in Kannada
- ಹಿಮಸಾರಂಗ
- reindeer in Punjabi
- ਰੇਨਡੀਅਰ, ਰੇਇੰਡੀਅਰ, ਰੇਇਨਡੀਅਰ
- reindeer in Gujarati
- રેન્ડીયર, રેનડિયર, રેન્ડીઅર
- reindeer in Odia
- ରେନଡିଅର, ରେଣ୍ଡିଏର୍, ରେଣ୍ଡିଯ଼ର
- reindeer in Nepali
- रेनडियर, रेन्डीयर, रेनडीयर
- reindeer in Tagalog
- reno
- reindeer in Arabic
- رَنَة rana
- reindeer in Malay
- rusa kutub
- reindeer in Persian
- گوزن شمالی gavazn-e šomâli
- reindeer in Thai
- กวางเรนเดียร์ gwaang rayn-dia, เรนเดียร์ rayn-dia
- reindeer in Vietnamese
- tuần lộc
Examples of reindeer in a sentence
- Herds of wandering reindeer are frequently seen, and may even hold up the train while they cross the unfenced line to reach their feeding grounds.1958 December, M. D. Greville and H. A. Vallance, “Sweden's Inland Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 829:
- Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters.2013 March, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 13 Apr...
Forms of reindeer
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | reindeer |
| plural | reindeers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | reindeers |
| present participle | reindeering |
| past participle | reindeered |
| past | reindeered |
Origin of reindeer
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.
Words formed from reindeer
- Arctic reindeer
- busk reindeer
- carideer
- cow reindeer
- Finnish forest reindeer
- Kamchatkan reindeer
- mountain reindeer
- Novaya Zemlya reindeer
- reindeer calf
- reindeer corn
- reindeer games
- Reindeer Lake
- reindeer lichen
- reindeer moss
- reindeer spitz
- Siberian forest reindeer
- Siberian tundra reindeer
- Svalbard reindeer
- wild reindeer
Phrases with reindeer
Questions about reindeer
- What does reindeer mean?
- Reindeer means any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.
- What is reindeer in Hindi?
- Reindeer in Hindi is रेनडियर (renḍiyar). See Reindeer meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use reindeer in a sentence?
- Herds of wandering reindeer are frequently seen, and may even hold up the train while they cross the unfenced line to reach their feeding grounds.
- What part of speech is reindeer?
- Reindeer can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce reindeer?
- Reindeer is pronounced /ˈɹeɪndɪə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of reindeer?
- The plural of reindeer is reindeer.
Words near reindeer in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: reindeer (page history and authors); reindeer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reindeer (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reindeer (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reindeer (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reindeer (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reindeer (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reindeer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reindeer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reindeer (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reindeer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reindeer (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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