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English

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Arock dove (Columba livia)

Etymology 1

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    Proto-West Germanic*dūbā
    Old English*dūfe
    Middle Englishdouve
    Englishdove

    Inherited fromMiddle Englishdouve,dove,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).

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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.
      Synonyms:seeThesaurus:columbid
      • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck,Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page77:
        Dove's brains have been prepared by chefs for amorous expectations.
    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)Ellipsis oflove dove(“tablet of the drug ecstasy”).
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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 formation of thestrong conjugation, by analogy withdrive →drove andweave →wove.

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    Verb

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    dove

    1. (chiefly Canada,US; dialectal in the UK)simplepast 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
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    • See usage notes atdive.

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    Dutch

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    Pronunciation

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

    Etymology 1

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    Fromdoof +‎-e.

    Noun

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    dove m orf (pluraldoven,nodiminutive)

    1. adeaf person
      Synonym:doveman
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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

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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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    Etymology

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

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    Conjunction

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    dove

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

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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?

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    Middle English

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    Noun

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    dove

    1. alternative form ofdouve

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    Adjective

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    dove

    1. neutersingular ofdoven
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