dodo

See also: Dodo, dodó, dodô, dödö, and do do

English

A dodo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese doudo, obsolete form of doido (“fool, simpleton, silly, stupid”). First attested in the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdəʊdəʊ/

• Audio (RP)

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊˌdoʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊdəʊ
• Hyphenation: do‧do

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.
   • 1833, Charles Lyell, chapter XLI, in Principles of Geology‎^[1], published 1853:

     In spite of the most active search, during the last century, no information respecting the dodo was obtained, and some authors have gone so far as to pretend that it never existed; but a great mass of satisfactory evidence in favor of its recent existence has now been collected by Mr. Broderip, and by Mr. Strickland and Dr. Melville.

   • 1839, Charles Darwin, chapter IX, in The Voyage of the Beagle‎^[2]:

     Within a very few years after these islands shall have become regularly settled, in all probability this for will be classed with the dodo, as an animal which has perished from the face of the earth.

2. (figuratively) A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.

   As dead as a dodo.

Derived terms

• as dead as a dodo
• dead as a dodo
• dodo bird
• dodoesque
• dodoism
• dodolike
• dodo tree
• go the way of the dodo
• little dodo

 

Translations

Raphus cucullatus

• Assamese: ড’ড’ (dödö)
• Bulgarian: додо (bg) m (dodo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘟嘟鳥, 嘟嘟鸟 (dūdūniǎo), 毛里求斯渡渡鳥, 毛里求斯渡渡鸟 (Máolǐqiúsī dùdùniǎo), 渡渡鳥 (zh), 渡渡鸟 (zh) (dùdùniǎo), 愚鳩, 愚鸠 (yújiū), 孤鴿, 孤鸽 (gūgē)

• Czech: dronte mauricijský (cs) m, blboun nejapný (cs) m, dodo (cs) m
• Danish: dronte c
• Dutch: dodo (nl) m, walghvogel
• Esperanto: dodo (eo), dronto
• Estonian: dront (et)
• Finnish: drontti (fi), dodo (fi)
• French: dodo (fr) m, dronte (fr) m
• German: Dodo (de) m, Dronte (de) m, Doudo m, Dudu m
• Greek: διδώ f (didó), δοδώ f (dodó)
• Hebrew: דודו‎ m (dodo)
• Hungarian: dodó, dodógalamb
• Icelandic: dúdúfugl (is) m
• Ido: dronto (io)

• Interlingua: dodo
• Italian: dodo m, dronte m
• Japanese: ドードー (ja) (dōdō)
• Korean: 도도 (ko) (dodo)
• Latin: raphus cucullatus
• Norwegian: dodo (no) m (Bokmål), dronte m (Nynorsk)
• Polish: dodo (pl) m
• Portuguese: (Portugal) dodó (pt) m, (Brazil) dodô (pt) m, dronte m
• Romanian: pasărea dodo f, dront m
• Russian: додо́ (ru) m (dodó), дронт (ru) m (dront)
• Spanish: dodo m, dronte m
• Swahili: doda
• Swedish: dront c
• Tamil: டோடோ (ṭōṭō)
• Thai: โดโด้ (doo-dôo)
• Turkish: dodo (tr), Mauritius dodosu
• Urdu: ڈو ڈو‎ m (dodo)

old-fashioned person or institution

• Dutch: dodo (nl) m
• Finnish: fossiili (fi)

• French: fossile (fr) m

See also

• didine
• ratite

Etymology 2

Noun

dodo (plural dodos)

1. (Nigeria) Fried plantain.
   • 2015, Kemi Quinn, African Dishes Made Easy:

     Dodo is everybody's favorite! It is a superb snack, a side dish, a breakfast food or a dessert all rolled into one. The best dodo is made from soft (almost over ripe) plantain which is cut in 1/2 inch thick diagonal slices and fried to a crispy golden brown.

   • 2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen: A Novel:

     Mother had banned it a year or so earlier after Obembe and I stole pieces from Mother's cooler, and lied that we'd seen rats eating the dodos.

   • 2018, Remmi Smith, The Healthy Teen Cookbook: Around the World In 80 Fantastic Recipes:

     One popular Nigerian dish is fried plantain, which is called “dodo.”

Anagrams

• dood

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English dodo, borrowed from Portuguese doudo, obsolete form of doido (“fool, simpleton, silly, stupid”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: do‧do

Noun

dodo

1. dodo (Raphus cucullatus)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːdoː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: do‧do

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese dodô.

Noun

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

1. dodo, †Raphus cucullatus

   Synonyms: dodaars, dronte, walgvogel

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French dodo.

Noun

dodo m (uncountable)

1. (Belgium, childish) Sleep, nighty night.

   Wil je dodo doen? ― Do you want to go to sleep?

   Synonym: dokes

Anagrams

• dood

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Esperanto

Alternative forms

• dido

Noun

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

1. dodo

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdodo/, [ˈdo̞do̞]
• Rhymes: -odo
• Syllabification: do‧do

Noun

dodo

1. dodo (extinct bird of the family Columbidae)
2. dodo, †Raphus cucullatus (type species of the family)
3. solitaire (two extinct birds of the family Columbidae, more specifically Réunion soilitaire, Raphus solitarius and Rodriques solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria)

Usage notes

• Réunion solitaire has been reclassified taxonomically and is now preferably called Réunion ibis, Threskiornis solitarius.

Declension

Inflection of dodo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		dodo	dodot
genitive		dodon	dodojen
partitive		dodoa	dodoja
illative		dodoon	dodoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		dodo	dodot
accusative	nom.	dodo	dodot
	gen.	dodon
genitive		dodon	dodojen
partitive		dodoa	dodoja
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

Possessive forms of dodo (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	dodoni	dodomme
2nd person	dodosi	dodonne
3rd person	dodonsa

Synonyms

• (Raphus cucullatus): mauritiuksendodo

Derived terms

• mauritiuksendodo, Raphus cucullatus (dodo)
• reunionindodo, Raphus solitarius (Réunion solitaire)
• rodriguezindodo, Pezophaps solitaria (Rodrigues solitaire)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do.do/

Etymology 1

Childish reduplication of dormir

Noun

dodo m (plural dodos)

1. (childish) Sleep, kip.

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

Derived terms

• métro, boulot, dodo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese doudo.

Noun

dodo m (plural dodos)

1. A dodo bird

Further reading

• “dodo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.do/
• Rhymes: -ɔdo

Noun

dodo m (plural dodi)

1. dodo

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Maquiritari

Etymology

From Spanish loro.

Noun

dodo

1. a type of parrot

References

• Ed. Key, Mary Ritchie and Comrie, Bernard. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Carib (De'kwana).

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology 1

From French dodo.

Noun

dodo

1. dodo bird

Etymology 2

From French dodo

Verb

dodo

1. to sleep (childish)

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

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Old Dutch

Etymology

Substantive form of dōt (“dead”).

Noun

dōdo m

1. dead person

Inflection

Declension of dodo (masculine weak n-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	dōdo	dōdon, -un
accusative	dōdo	dōdon, -un
genitive	dōdin	dōdono
dative	dōdon, -in	dōdon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: dôde
  • Dutch: dode

Further reading

• “dōdo”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French dodo

Verb

dodo

1. to sleep

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

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Spanish

Noun

dodo m (plural dodos)

1. dodo

   Synonym: (obsolete) dronte

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

dodo (ma class, plural madodo)

1. breast (organ)

Synonyms

• ziwa