dodo

See also: Dodo, dodô, and dodó

English

Wikipedia

A dodo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdəʊˌdəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊˌdoʊ/

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.

Synonyms

• (bird): Didus ineptus

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 (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, 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), dodoo
• Interlingua: dodo
• Italian: dodo m, dronte m
• Japanese: ドードー (dōdō)
• Korean: 도도 (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
• Russian: додо (ru) m (dodó), дронт (ru) m (dront)
• Spanish: dodo m, dronte m
• Swahili: doda
• Swedish: dront c
• Tamil: டோடோ (ṭōṭō)
• Thai: โดโด้ (doh-dôh)
• 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

Anagrams

• dood

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːdoː/

• Audio

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Noun

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

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

Alternative forms

• dido

Noun

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

1. dodo

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Finnish

Noun

dodo

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

Declension

Declension of dodo (Kotus type 1/valo)

	singular	plural
nominative	dodo	dodot
genitive	dodon	dodojen
partitive	dodoa	dodoja
accusative	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

Usage notes

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

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/

Noun

dodo m (plural dodos)

1. (childish) Sleep, kip.

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

2. A dodo bird

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Italian

Noun

dodo m (plural dodi)

1. dodo