dove
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English dove, douve, duve, from Old English *dūfe (“dove, pigeon”), from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ (“dove, pigeon”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, be obscure”). Cognate with Scots doo, dow, Saterland Frisian Duuwe, West Frisian do, Dutch duif, Afrikaans duif, Sranan Tongo doifi, German Taube, German Low German Duuv, Dutch Low Saxon duve, doeve, Danish due, Faroese dúgva, Icelandic dúfa, Norwegian Bokmål due, Norwegian Nynorsk due, Swedish duva, Yiddish טויב (toyb), Gothic *𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉 (*dubō).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dove (countable and uncountable, plural doves)
- (countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.
- (countable, politics) A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.
- Coordinate term: hawk
- (countable) Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Song of Solomon 2:14:
- O my dove, […] let me hear thy voice.
- A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.
Synonyms[edit]
- (pigeon): columbid, columbiform, culver, pigeon
Derived terms[edit]
- Adamawa turtle dove (Streptopelia hypopyrrha)
- African mourning dove (Streptopelia decipiens)
- American mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)
- Barbary dove (Streptopelia risoria)
- beautiful fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus)
- Carolina turtle dove (Zenaida macroura)
- carunculated fruit dove (Ptilinopus granulifrons)
- crimson-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus)
- crimson-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus)
- cushat dove, cushat-dove
- diamond dove
- dovecot, dovecote
- Dove Creek
- dove of peace
- dovish
- dwarf fruit dove (Ptilinopus nainus)
- eared dove (Zenaida auriculata)
- Fischer's fruit dove (Ptilinopus fischeri)
- fruit dove, fruit-dove (Ptilinopus)
- Galapagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis), Galápagos Dove (Zenaida galapagoensis)
- grey-headed fruit dove (Ptilinopus hyogastrus)
- ground dove
- Jambu fruit dove (Ptilinopus jambu)
- magnificent fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus)
- mourning collared dove (Streptopelia decipiens)
- mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)
- Pacific dove (Zenaida meloda)
- rain dove (Zenaida macroura)
- release dove
- ring dove (Streptopelia risoria)
- ringneck dove (Streptopelia risoria)
- rock dove (Columba livia)
- Socorro dove (Zenaida graysoni)
- turtledove, turtle-dove, turtle dove
- western turtle dove (Zenaida macroura)
- West Peruvian dove (Zenaida meloda)
- white-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica)
- wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus)
- zebra dove (Geopelia striata)
- Zenaida dove (Zenaida)
- Zenaida dove (Zenaida aurita)
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Etymology 2[edit]
A modern dialectal formation of the strong conjugation, by analogy with drive → drove and weave → wove.
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Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dōv, IPA(key): /dəʊv/
- (US) enPR: dōv, IPA(key): /doʊv/
- Rhymes: -əʊv
Audio (US), verb (file)
Verb[edit]
dove
- (chiefly Canada, US and England dialect) Strong simple past tense of dive
- 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
- When coffee and cocoa prices unexpectedly dove, Côte d’Ivoire quickly went from Africa’s rich kid to crippling debtitude.
- 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
- (nonstandard) past participle of dive
Usage notes[edit]
- See dive for dived vs. dove.
References[edit]
- “dove” listed as a North American and English dialectal past tense form of “dive, v.”, listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From doof
Noun[edit]
dove m or f (plural doven)
- A deaf person.
Derived terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
dove
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb[edit]
dove
Anagrams[edit]
Friulian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin doga, from Ancient Greek δοχή (dokhḗ), from Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éh₂. Compare Italian doga, Venetian dova, doa, French douve.
Noun[edit]
dove f (plural dovis)
Italian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- dov' (acopic, before a vowel or 'h')
Etymology[edit]
From Latin dē ubi, or from a strengthening of the older form ove with a prothetic d-. Compare Piedmontese doa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
dove
- where
- Lo troverai dove l'hai lasciato. ― You'll find it where you left it.
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Related terms[edit]
Adverb[edit]
dove
- (interrogative) where, whereabouts
- Dove vai? ― Where are you going?
- Dove vivi? ― Whereabouts do you live?
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
dove
- Alternative form of douve
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
dove
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