cérvol

Catalan

Etymology

From cervo, from Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin cervus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂wós, from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”) The form cérvol is the result of a popular hyper-correction of the older form[1].

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾ.vol/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.bul/

Noun

cérvol m (plural cérvols, feminine cérvola)

deer

References

http://www.diccionari.cat/lexicx.jsp?GECART=0149147

Further reading

“cérvol” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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