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English

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Rock dove (Columba livia)

Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishdove,douve,duve, fromOld English*dūfe(“dove, pigeon”), fromProto-West Germanic*dūbā, fromProto-Germanic*dūbǭ(“dove, pigeon”).

Cognate withScotsdoo,dow,Saterland FrisianDuuwe,West Frisiando,Dutchduif,Afrikaansduif,Sranan Tongodoifi,GermanTaube,German Low GermanDuuv,Dutch Low Saxonduve,doeve,Danishdue,Faroesedúgva,Icelandicdúfa,Norwegian Bokmåldue,Norwegian Nynorskdue,Swedishduva,Yiddishטויב(toyb),Gothic*𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉(*dubō).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dove (countable anduncountable,pluraldoves)

  1. (countable) Apigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either apigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the familyColumbidae.
  2. (countable, politics) A person favouringconciliation andnegotiation rather thanconflict.
    Synonym:peace dove
    Antonym:hawk
  3. (countable)Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
  4. A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.
  5. (slang, countable)Short forlove dove(“tablet of the drug ecstasy”).
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Descendants
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  • → Norwegian Bokmål:due(semantic loan)
Translations
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bird of the family Columbidae—see alsopigeon
politics: person favouring conciliation
term of endearment

Etymology 2

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A modern dialectal formation of thestrong conjugation, by analogy withdrive →drove andweave →wove.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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dove

  1. (chiefly Canada,US and England dialect)Strongsimplepast ofdive
    • 2007: Bob Harris,Who Hates Whom: Well-Armed Fanatics, Intractable Conflicts, and Various Things Blowing up: A Woefully Incomplete Guide, §:Africa,Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Côte d’Ivoire, page 80, ¶ 4 (first edition; Three Rivers Press;→ISBN
      When coffee and cocoa prices unexpectedlydove, Côte d’Ivoire quickly went from Africa’s rich kid to crippling debtitude.
  2. (nonstandard)pastparticiple ofdive
Usage notes
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  • Seedive fordived vs.dove.

References

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdoː.və/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation:do‧ve

Etymology 1

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Fromdoof +‎-e.

Noun

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dove m orf (pluraldoven)

  1. adeaf person
    Synonym:doveman
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Adjective

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dove

  1. inflection ofdoof:
    1. masculine/femininesingularattributive
    2. definiteneutersingularattributive
    3. pluralattributive

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Verb

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dove

  1. (dated or formal)singularpresentsubjunctive ofdoven

Anagrams

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Friulian

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Etymology

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FromLatindoga, fromAncient Greekδοχή(dokhḗ), fromProto-Indo-European*doḱ-éh₂. CompareItaliandoga,Venetandova,doa,Frenchdouve.

Noun

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dove f (pluraldovis)

  1. stave

Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromLatindēubi(“from where, whence”), or from a strengthening of the older formove with a protheticd-. ComparePiedmontesedoa,Frenchd’où.

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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dove

  1. where
    Lo troveraidove l'hai lasciato. ―You'll find itwhere you left it.

Derived terms

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Adverb

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dove

  1. (interrogative)where,whereabouts
    Dove vai? ―Where are you going?
    Dove vivi? ―Whereabouts do you live?

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Noun

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dove

  1. Alternative form ofdouve

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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dove

  1. neutersingular ofdoven
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