dodo

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

English

A dodo

Etymology

Borrowing 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.
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.

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 (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 (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
• 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

Anagrams

• dood

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːdoː/

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Etymology 1

Noun

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

1. dodo, †Raphus cucullatus.

Etymology 2

Noun

dodo m (uncountable)

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

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

   Synonyms: 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/

Noun

dodo

1. dodo (exitinct 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)

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

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/

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?

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Portuguese doudo

Noun

dodo m (plural dodos)

1. A dodo bird

Further reading

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

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Italian

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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Spanish

Noun

dodo m (plural dodos)

1. dodo

Synonyms

• dronte (obsolete)

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Swahili

Noun

dodo (ma class, plural madodo)

1. breast (organ)

Synonyms

• ziwa