dove

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 Synonyms 1.1.2.2 Derived terms 1.1.2.3 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.1.1 Alternative forms 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Quotations 1.2.2.2 Usage notes 1.2.2.3 Translations 1.3 References 2 Dutch 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Adverb 3.4 References 3.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse dúfa, from Germanic, probably originally imitative of the bird's call, akin to Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉 (dubo). Cognate with Danish due, Dutch duif, German Taube.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʌv/, SAMPA: /dVv/

  Rhymes: -ʌv

   Audio (US), noun^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

dove (plural doves)

1. A pigeon, especially one smaller in size.
2. (politics) A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict (as opposed to hawk).
3. (engineering) dove, a engineering reference point in a computer program that will cause some type of default action to occur.

[edit] Synonyms

• culver
• pigeon

[edit] Derived terms

• dovecot, dovecote
• release dove
• rock dove
• turtle dove, turtledove

[edit] Translations

[edit] Etymology 2

A modern dialectal formation of the strong declension, by analogy with drive → drove and weave → wove.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: dōv, IPA: /dəʊv/, SAMPA: /d@Uv/
• (US) enPR: dōv, IPA: /doʊv/, SAMPA: /doUv/

  Rhymes: -əʊv

   Audio (US), verb^{help, file}

[edit] Alternative forms

• dived

[edit] Verb

dove

1. (chiefly North American and English dialectal) Strong-declension simple past of dive.

[edit] Quotations

• 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 9780307394361)

  When coffee and cocoa prices unexpectedly dove, Côte d’Ivoire quickly went from Africa’s rich kid to crippling debtitude.

[edit] Usage notes

• See dive for dived vs. dove.

[edit] Translations

• Finnish: sukelsi fi(fi)
• French: plongea fr(fr)
• Indonesian: terjun
• Italian: tuffò it(it)
• Japanese: 潜った (もぐった, mogutta) (?)

[edit] References

• “dove” listed as a North American and English dialectal past tense form of “dive, v.”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Adjective

dove (alternative form of doof; comparative dovere, superlative doofste)

1. deaf

[edit] Noun

dove m. and f. (plural doven, no diminutive)

1. A deaf person.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From Italian de + ove.^[1]

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈdove]
•  Audio^{help, file}

[edit] Adverb

dove

1. (interrogative) where

   Dove vai? - Where are you going?

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951; headword ove

[edit] Anagrams

• devo, vedo