Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
hère
English translation:
juvenile (red deer between 6 -12 mo.)
Added to glossary by
John Speese
Mar 15, 2008 13:06
16 yrs ago
French term
hère
French to English
Other
Livestock / Animal Husbandry
Book on farm animals, section on deer farming
Names for deer at different stages of development, context:
"Plus grand mammifère élevé en France, le cerf est un animal polygame. Sa durée de vie moyenne est de 15 ans. Son petit s'appelle le faon, dès l'age de 6 mois, le hère, et, entre l'âge de 1 et 2 ans, le daguet".
I've found "fawn" for "faon" [male calf] and "brocket" or "pricket" for "draguet", but so far haven't located "hère". Could it be "hind" - but it seems that hinds are older than this.
Thanks in advance for help.
"Plus grand mammifère élevé en France, le cerf est un animal polygame. Sa durée de vie moyenne est de 15 ans. Son petit s'appelle le faon, dès l'age de 6 mois, le hère, et, entre l'âge de 1 et 2 ans, le daguet".
I've found "fawn" for "faon" [male calf] and "brocket" or "pricket" for "draguet", but so far haven't located "hère". Could it be "hind" - but it seems that hinds are older than this.
Thanks in advance for help.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | juvenile |
John Speese
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| 4 +2 | hind-calf |
zi_neb
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| 4 | young stag (not antlered) |
Odette Grille (X)
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| 3 | Hart |
Gad Kohenov
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Mar 20, 2008 12:32: John Speese Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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John Speese
United States
United States
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juvenile
These hunting terms differ widely in various regions. I believe a "cerf" is Cervus elaphus, i.e., a red deer in Europe and an elk or a wapiti (Cervus elaphus canadensis, Cervus canadensis) in the New World, whereas a "chevreuil" would be a "regular" deer. Your text mentions that it's the largest game animal in France, which would more likely be a red deer rather than just an ordinary deer. And the terms again can be different for the two species. I found calf rather than fawn for a red deer. I also found several hits for juvenile red deer in their 1st year of life (5-6 mo. old), which seems to correspond with hère.
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-03-15 14:19:44 GMT)
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Here's another website with a nice multilingual game terms glossary. I didn't find "here" on it, but it may help anyway.
http://www.wild-web.net/main/mod18a.php?sid=c8e9fa5c0fc171c5...
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-03-15 14:19:44 GMT)
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Here's another website with a nice multilingual game terms glossary. I didn't find "here" on it, but it may help anyway.
http://www.wild-web.net/main/mod18a.php?sid=c8e9fa5c0fc171c5...
Note from asker:
| Thank you, John. A very specialised field, this. I'd better whizz up to Exmoor right away and talk to some illicit huntsmen! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Odette Grille (X)
: Yes, a juvenile stag
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you again, John. I've said "juvenile" and passed the problem over to my editor with a footnote."
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Gad Kohenov
Israel
Israel
Native in French
Israel
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, Hebrew
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Hart
In Babylon it says: cerf age de plus de cinq ans (in hunting). But in this case the definition is different than yours. The word here has a Dutch Origin (hert). Le Petit Robert says an here is the same as a cerf, which is stag, deer or hart. So my conclusion is that the word you are looking for is HART.
Note from asker:
| Thank you. |
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1 hr
hind-calf
"so the stag "is called,in the first year a calf or hind-calf, the second a knobbler, the third, a brock; the fourth, a staggard; the fifth, a stag; and the sixth, a hart. The female is called, a calf; the second, a hearse; and the third, a hind. "
Good luck,
Good luck,
Example sentence:
The technical term is: "a knobbler;" in French, _un cerf à sa seconde tête
Note from asker:
| Thank you. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Odette Grille (X)
: This looks good to me from reading your referenced link. Very interesting. Good find !
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Thank you Odette!
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Andrée Goreux
: It does make sense, maybe a hind-calf is perhaps a very young deer (male or female) that has not been weaned yet? Just an idea.
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Many thanks agoreux!
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young stag (not antlered)
The definition of hère Larousse
jeune cerf ou jeune daim de six mois à un an n'ayant pas encore ses premiers bois
jeune cerf ou jeune daim de six mois à un an n'ayant pas encore ses premiers bois
Note from asker:
| Thank you. |
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