doe

See also: Doe, DOE, do'e, and dö

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəʊ/
• enPR: dō, IPA^(key): /doʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Homophones: doh, dough, do (in music)

• Audio (UK)

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Etymology 1

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English do, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English dā (“female deer”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *dajjǭ (“female deer, mother deer”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *dajjaną (“to suckle”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck (milk), to suckle”). Cognate with Scots da, dae (“female deer”), Alemannic German tē (“doe”), Danish då (“deer, doe”), Sanskrit धेनु (dhenú, “cow, milk-cow”), Old English dēon (“to suckle”), Old English delu (“teat”). Related also to fellatio, filial, fetus.

Noun

doe (plural does)

1. A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope, (less commonly goat as nanny is also used).
2. A female rabbit.
3. A female hare.
4. A female squirrel.
5. A female kangaroo.

Synonyms

• (female deer): hind (female red deer)
• (female kangaroo): blue flyer (female red kangaroo)

Translations

female deer

• Albanian: drenushë (sq) f, sutë (sq) f
• Armenian: եղնիկ (hy) (eġnik)
• Aromanian: cãprioarã f
• Bulgarian: съ̀рна (bg) f (sǎ̀rna)
• Burmese: သမင်မ (my) (sa.mangma.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 母鹿 (mǔlù), 麀 (zh) (yōu), 雌鹿 (zh) (cílù)

• Czech: laň (cs) f, srna (cs) f
• Danish: hind (da)
• Dutch: hinde (nl) f
• Esperanto: cervino
• Finnish: naarashirvi (moose), vaadin (fi) (reindeer or other small deer)
• French: biche (fr) f
• German: Hirschkuh (de) f, Hinde (de) f (poetic), Hindin (de) f (poetic)
• Greek: ελαφίνα (el) f (elafína)
• Hungarian: szarvastehén (hu)
• Ido: cervino (io)
• Irish: eilit f
• Italian: cerva (it) f
• Japanese: 麀 (めじか, mejika), 雌 (ja) (めす, mesu) (various female animals)
• Latin: cerva
• Limos Kalinga: bakot
• Luxembourgish: Hirschkou f
• Malayalam: പേടമാന് (pēṭamāṉ)
• Navajo: bįįhtsaʼii, bįįhʼáád
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hind (no) m or f

• Ojibwe: waawaashkesh
• Old English: hind
• Old French: bisse f
• Pali: becia
• Persian: آهو ماده (âhu-ye mâde)
• Polish: łania (pl) f
• Portuguese: corça (pt) f
• Romanian: ciută (ro) f, cerboaică (ro) f
• Russian: оле́ниха (ru) f (olénixa), олени́ха (ru) f (oleníxa), са́мка оле́ня f (sámka olénja)
• Scottish Gaelic: maoiseach f
• Serbo-Croatian: срна f, srna (sh) f, кошута f, košuta (sh) f
• Slovak: laň f, srna f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: jelenica f

• Spanish: cierva (es) f
• Swedish: hind (sv)
• Tagalog: libay
• Taos: pę̀łȉwéna
• Turkish: maral (tr)
• Volapük: jistäg (vo)
• Walloon: bih
• West Frisian: wyfkehart

female goat

• Esperanto: kaprino
• French: chèvre (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: nőstény kecske, anyakecske
• Spanish: cabra (es) f

female fallow deer

• Bulgarian: кошута f (košuta)
• Czech: daněla (cs) f
• Danish: då
• Dutch: damherthinde f
• Esperanto: damaino
• Finnish: vaadin (fi)
• French: daine (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Damhirschkuh f
• Hungarian: dámvadtehén, dámszarvastehén
• Ido: daimino (io)
• Italian: daina f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hind (no) m or f (dåhind), kolle m or f

• Scottish Gaelic: maoiseach f

female roe deer

• Albanian: kaprolle (sq) f
• Czech: srna (cs) f
• Danish: rå (da)
• Dutch: reegeit f
• Esperanto: kapreolino
• French: chevrette (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Ricke (de) f, Rehgeiß f
• Hungarian: őzsuta (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rå (no) m or f

• Romanian: căprioară (ro) f

female rabbit

• Czech: králice f, ramlice (cs) f
• Dutch: voedster (nl), moer (nl)
• Esperanto: kuniklino
• Finnish: naaraskani
• French: lapine (fr) f
• Greek: κουνέλα (el) f (kounéla)
• Hungarian: nőstény nyúl
• Irish: coinín baineann m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: coniglia (it) f
• Portuguese: coelha (pt) f
• Russian: крольчи́ха (ru) f (krolʹčíxa)
• Scottish Gaelic: ban-choinean f
• Serbo-Croatian: куница f, kunica (sh) f
• Spanish: coneja (es) f
• Volapük: jikrolig (vo)

female hare

• Czech: zaječice f, ramlice (cs) f
• Dutch: moerhaas f
• Esperanto: leporino
• Finnish: naarasjänis
• French: hase (fr) f
• German: Häsin (de) f
• Greek: λαγουδίνα (el) f (lagoudína)
• Hungarian: nőstény nyúl
• Ido: leporino
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: giorria baineann m
• Italian: lepre femmina
• Polish: zajęczyca (pl) f
• Portuguese: lebre (pt) f
• Romanian: iepuroaică (ro) f
• Russian: зайчи́ха (ru) f (zajčíxa)
• Serbo-Croatian: зечица f, zečica (sh) f
• Swedish: harhona
• Volapük: jiliev

female squirrel

• Esperanto: sciurino
• Finnish: naarasorava
• Hungarian: nőstény mókus
• Italian: scoiattolo femmina
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: бе́лка (ru) m or f (bélka), бельчи́ха (ru) f (belʹčíxa)
• Serbo-Croatian: веверица f, veverica (sh) f
• Spanish: ardilla (es) f
• Volapük: jiyat

female kangaroo

• Esperanto: kanguruino
• Finnish: kengurunaaras
• Hungarian: nőstény kenguru
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: kangurzyca (pl) f
• Russian: са́мка кенгуру́ f (sámka kengurú)
• Volapük: jikangur

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} emahirv, ^{(please verify)} emajänes
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} elnė f
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} cerboaică (ro), ^{(please verify)} ciută (ro)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} košuta (sh) f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} venada (es) f, ^{(please verify)} hembra del antílope f

Etymology 2

Verb

doe

1. Obsolete spelling of do
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Etymology 3

Adverb

doe (not comparable)

1. (African-American Vernacular, MLE) though

Anagrams

• -ode, EDO, EOD, Edo, ODE, OED, deo, ode

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -u
• IPA^(key): /du/

Etymology 1

Verb

doe

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of doen
2. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of doen
3. (deprecated template usage) imperative of doen

Etymology 2

Adverb

doe

1. (now dialectal) Alternative form of toen.

Conjunction

doe

1. (now dialectal) Alternative form of toen.

Anagrams

• deo

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Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch du, from Old Dutch thū, from Proto-Germanic *þū.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [duː˨]

Pronoun

doe

1. thou, you (singular)

Inflection

	Singular	Dual	Plural
nominative	doe, se	jee	geer, g'r
genitive	diener, diens	öcher	öcher
locative	diches	öches	öches
vocative	de!	jee!	jee!
dative	dir	öch	öch
accusative¹	dich	öch	öch

• Dative is nowadays obsolete, use accusative instead.

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Lindu

Noun

doe

1. end; tip

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Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch thuo.

Adverb

doe

1. then, at that time, at the time
2. then, after that

Alternative forms

• doen

Descendants

• Dutch: toen
• Limburgish: doe

Conjunction

doe

1. when, at the time that

Alternative forms

• doen

Descendants

• Dutch: toen
• Limburgish: doe

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

doe

1. inflection of doen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. singular imperative

Further reading

• “doe, doen (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “doe, doen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “doe (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdo.i/

Verb

doe

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Welsh

Adverb

doe

1. yesterday

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West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du/

Adverb

doe

1. then, at that time (which is presumably in the past)

   Doe, saken wienen net lykas no.

   Then, things were not like now.

Derived terms

• doetiid

Further reading

• “doe”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011