red deer in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for red deer in the English»French Dictionary

red deer N

red deer

cerf m commun

Translations for red deer in the English»French Dictionary

deer <pl deer> [Brit dɪə, Am dɪr] N

1. deer (species, male of species):

deer (red)

cerf m

deer (roe)

chevreuil m

deer (fallow)

daim m

the deer family

la famille des cervidés, les cervidés mpl

2. deer (female of all species):

deer

biche f

I.red [Brit rɛd, Am rɛd] N

1. red (colour):

red

rouge m

I like red

j'aime le rouge

red means ‘danger’

le rouge signifie ‘danger’

in red

en rouge

a shade of red

une nuance de rouge

2. red:

red, a. Red (communist) inf, pej

rouge mf

3. red (deficit):

to be in the red individual, account:

être à découvert

to be in the red company:

être en déficit

to be £500 in the red

être à découvert de 500 livres

you've gone into the red

vous avez un découvert

4. red (wine):

red

rouge m

5. red (red ball):

red

bille f rouge (de billard/snooker)

6. red (in roulette):

red

rouge m

II.red [Brit rɛd, Am rɛd] ADJ

1. red (in colour):

red apple, blood, lips, sky

rouge

red person, face, cheek

rouge (with de)

red hair, curl

roux/rousse

to go or turn red

devenir rouge, rougir

to paint/dye sth red

peindre/teindre qc en rouge

to dye one's hair red

se teindre les cheveux en roux

her eyes were red with weeping

ses yeux étaient rouges d'avoir pleuré

his face or he went very red

il a rougi très fort

red in the face

tout rouge

was my face red!

comme j'étais gêné!

there'll be red faces when…

certains vont être bien gênés quand…

2. red (communist):

red inf pej

rouge

III.red [Brit rɛd, Am rɛd]

to see reds under the bed inf

voir un complot communiste partout

to be caught red-handed

être pris la main dans le sac inf

to see red

voir rouge

red deer in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for red deer in the English»French Dictionary

red deer inv N

red deer

cerf m (commun)

Translations for red deer in the English»French Dictionary

deer [dɪəʳ, Am dɪr] N

deer

chevreuil m

I.red [red] ADJ

red

rouge

red hair

roux(rousse)

Phrases:

not a red cent Am inf

pas un sou

red as a beetroot

rouge comme un coquelicot

II.red [red] N

1. red (colour):

red

rouge m

red hair

roux m

to turn red (with dye)

devenir rouge

to turn red (with embarrassment)

rougir

2. red POL:

red

rouge mf

Phrases:

in the red

à découvert

See also blue

I.blue [blu:] ADJ

1. blue (colour):

blue

bleu(e)

a light/dark/bright/strong blue skirt

une jupe bleu clair/foncé/vif/soutenu

to turn blue

bleuir

2. blue fig:

to feel blue

broyer du noir

Phrases:

once in a blue moon

tous les trente-six du mois

out of the blue

sans crier gare

II.blue [blu:] N

blue

bleu m

sky blue

bleu ciel

the door is painted blue

la porte est peinte en bleu

to be a pale/deep blue

être d'un bleu pâle/profond

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In many parts of the world, the meat (venison) from red deer is used as a food source.

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Fauna included aurochs, wisent, moose and red deer.

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The initial hybrids were created by artificial insemination and back-crossed to red deer.

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Now boar, red deer, and roe also began to abound.

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Rumours abound about small numbers of red deer released by farmers after an earlier deer farming boom went bust.

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Red deer are good swimmers and could easily make the crossing if they wanted to.

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The oldest deposits include those from lion, red deer, reindeer, spotted hyena, woolly mammoth and woolly rhinoceros.

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This deer shows the characteristics of both a typical red deer and the wapiti.

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