dodo

See also Dodo, dodô, and dodó

English

Wikipedia

A dodo

Etymology

From Portuguese doudo, “fool, simpleton, silly, stupid”. This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdəʊˌdəʊ/, SAMPA: /"d@U%d@U/

Noun

dodo (plural dodoes or dodos)

1. A large, flightless bird, Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
   • As dead as a dodo.
2. (figuratively) A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.

Scientific names

• (large flightless bird): Raphus cucullatus

Derived terms

• dead as a dodo, as dead as a dodo
• dodoism
• go the way of the dodo

Translations

Raphus cucullatus

Bulgarian: додо (bg) m. Czech: dronte mauricijský m., blboun nejapný m., dodo m. Danish: dronte (da) c. Dutch: dodo (nl) m., walghvogel (nl) Esperanto: dodo (eo), dronto Estonian: dront (et) Finnish: drontti (fi), dodo (fi) French: dodo (fr) m., dronte (fr) m. German: Dodo m., Dronte m., Doudo m., Dudu m. Greek: διδώ (dido) f., δοδώ (dodo) f. Hebrew: דודו (dodo) m. Hungarian: dodó, dodógalamb Icelandic: dúdúfugl (is) m. Ido: dronto, dodoo Interlingua: dodo (ia)

Italian: dodo (it) m., dronte (it) m. Japanese: ドードー (dōdō) Korean: 도도 (dodo) Latin: raphus cucullatus Norwegian: dodo (no) m. (Bokmål), dronte (no) m. (Nynorsk) Polish: dodo (pl) m. Portuguese: dodó m. (Portugal), dodô m. (Brazil); dronte m. Russian: додо (dodó) m., дронт (dront) m. Spanish: dodo (es) m., dronte (es) m. Swahili: doda (sw) Swedish: dront (sv) c. Tamil: டோடோ Thai: โดโด้ (doh-dôh) Turkish: dodo, Mauritius dodosu Urdu: ڈو ڈو (dodo) m.

old-fashioned person or institution

Dutch: dodo (nl) m.

Finnish: fossiili (fi)

See also

• didine
• ratite

Anagrams

• dood

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdoːdoː/

Noun

dodo m. (plural dodo's, diminutive dodootje)

1. Dodo, Raphus cucullatus.

dodo m. (uncountable)

1. (Flemish, childish) Sleep, nighty night.
   • Wil je dodo doen?
     • Do you want to go to sleep?

Anagrams

• dood

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Esperanto

Noun

dodo (plural dodoj, accusative singular dodon, accusative plural dodojn)

1. dodo

Alternative forms

• dido

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Finnish

Noun

dodo

1. dodo

Declension

Declension of dodo (type valo) singular plural nominative dodo dodot genitive dodon dodojen partitive dodoa dodoja accusative dodo dodon dodot inessive dodossa dodoissa elative dodosta dodoista illative dodoon dodoihin adessive dodolla dodoilla ablative dodolta dodoilta allative dodolle dodoille essive dodona dodoina translative dodoksi dodoiksi instructive – dodoin abessive dodotta dodoitta comitative – dodoineen

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɔˈdɔ/, SAMPA: /dO.dO/

Noun

dodo m. (plural dodos)

1. (childish) Sleep, kip.

   Tu veux faire dodo? — Do you want to go to sleep?

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Italian

Noun

dodo m. (plural dodi)

1. dodo