From en.wiktionary.org:
[Dier]
** English
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. One who die s.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1985 | author=w:Don DeLillo | title= [White Noise (novel)]
|passage=It's a way of controlling death. A way of gaining the ultimate upper
hand. Be the killer for a change. Let someone else be the DIER.}}
1. * [en]
**** Usage notes
- Used in abstract and philosophical contexts, rather than in discussing a known individual who has died. Compare [en] .
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Afrikaans
*** Etymology
From [af], from [af], from [af], from [af], from [af], from [af].
*** Pronunciation
- [af]
- [af]
*** Noun
[diere]
1. [en]
2. [en] ; [en]
[af]
** Dutch
{{picdic |image=Lightmatter chimp.jpg |detail1= [nl] |detail2= [nl] [nl] [nl]
[nl] [nl] [nl] }}
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Etymology 1
From [nl], from [nl], from [nl], from [nl], from [nl].
**** Noun
[n]
1. animal , any member of the kingdom Animalia
***** Usage notes
Sometimes used as a term of endearment or flirtation, as in the phrase _lekker
dier_.
***** Derived terms
{{col|nl |boerderijdier |buideldier |chordadier |circusdier |cloacadier
|dagdier |dierdicht |dierenarts |dierenbescherming |dierenbeul |dierendag
|dierenepos |dierenhandel |dierkunde |dierenleed |dierenleven
|dierenmishandeling |dierenperk |dierenpsycholoog |dierenrechten |dierenriem
|dierenrijk |dierentuin |dierenvriend |dierenwelzijn |dierenwinkel |diergaarde
|diergeneeskunde |dierlijk |dieronterend |dierproef |diersoort
|diervriendelijk |elpendier |fabeldier |gekorven dier |gezelschapsdier
|gleufdier |gordeldier |hoefdier |huisdier |kerfdier |knaagdier |knuffeldier
|koraaldier |kruipdier |kuddedier |landdier |lastdier |maagzakdier |manteldier
|nachtdier |neteldier |nutsdier |pantoffeldier |partijdier |placentadier
|proefdier |prooidier |rendier |reuzendier |rijdier |roofdier |sabeldier
|schaaldier |schelpdier |schubdier |slurfdier |snaveldier |spookdier
|sponsdier |trekdier |troeteldier |vingerdier |vogelbekdier |waterdier
|weekdier |werkdier |werveldier |zeedier |zoogdier }}
*** Etymology 2
[nl] From [nl].
**** Determiner
[nl]
1. [nl] her , their , the latter 's (genitive feminine singular and genitive plural of [nl] )
***** Usage notes
[nl] is used in a similar way as the possessive determiners [nl] and [nl]. It
is rare in spoken Dutch, but used occasionally in writing to avoid confusion.
Compare:
- [nl]
- [nl]
The corresponding masculine and neuter singular form is [nl].
*** Etymology 3
Dialectal variant of [nl]; compare [nl] and [nl], which displays the same
alternation in vowels, arising from dialectal differences.
**** Adjective
[nl-adj]
1. [nl] [nl]
***** Derived terms
- [nl]
*** Anagrams
- [nl] , [nl]
** Elfdalian
*** Etymology
From [ovd], [non], from [ovd].
*** Pronoun
[ovd]
1. they
** Luxembourgish
*** Etymology
From [lb], from [lb].
*** Pronunciation
- [lb]
- [lb]
- [lb]
*** Adjective
[lb-adj]
1. [lb] dry , dead
**** Declension
[lb-decl-adj]
** Middle Dutch
*** Pronunciation
- [dum]
*** Etymology 1
From [dum], from [dum], from [dum], from [dum].
**** Noun
[n]
1. [dum] animal
***** Inflection
[dier]
***** Descendants
- [nl]
- [li]
*** Etymology 2
[nonlemma]
**** Determiner
[dum]
1. [dum]
*** Further reading
- [ID87192]
- [06596]
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Verb
[nb]
1. [nb]
** Old Dutch
*** Alternative forms
- [odt]
*** Etymology
From [odt], from [odt], from [odt].
*** Noun
[odt]
1. [odt] animal
**** Inflection
[dier]
**** Descendants
- [dum]
- [nl]
- [af]
- [li]
**** Further reading
- [1288]
** Slovak
*** Noun
[sk]
1. [sk]
** West Frisian
*** Etymology
From [fy], from [fy], from [fy], from [fy].
*** Pronunciation
- [fy]
*** Noun
[n]
1. [fy] animal
**** Derived terms
- [fy]
- [fy]
**** Further reading
- [15678]