rock dove

See also: rock-dove

English

rock dove (or rock pigeon), Columba livia

Alternative forms

• Often used in the capitalized form: Rock Dove

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɒk dʌv/

Noun

rock dove (plural rock doves)

1. A term used for the pigeon species, Columba livia. Over the years both the terms "rock dove" and "rock pigeon" have been used interchangeably for this species. (See the note on the nomenclature of this species: [1])

Synonyms

• rock pigeon, Columba livia

Translations

Columba livia

• Albanian: pëllumbi i egër i shkëmbit
• Basque: haitz-uso
• Belarusian: шызы голуб m (šyzy hólub)
• Breton: dube (br) m
• Bulgarian: скален гълъб m (skalen gǎlǎb)
• Catalan: colom roquer m
• Czech: holub skalní (cs)
• Danish: klippedue (da) c
• Dutch: rotsduif f
• Esperanto: rokkolombo, livio
• Estonian: kaljutuvi
• Faroese: bládúgva f
• Finnish: kalliokyyhky (fi)
• French: pigeon biset (fr) m, biset (fr) m, pigeon de roche m
• Friulian: colomp salvadi
• Galician: pombo da rocha m
• German: Felsentaube f
• Greek: αγριοπερίστερο (el) n (agrioperístero)
• Hungarian: szirti galamb
• Icelandic: bjargdúfa (is) f
• Irish: colm aille m, colúr aille m, fearán binne m
• Italian: piccione selvatico occidentale (Columba livia) m (cf. piccione selvatico orientale (Columba rupestris))
• Ladin: colomba salvaria
• Latin: columba f
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: uolinis karvelis m
• Lower Sorbian: źiwy gołub m
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• Macedonian: див гулаб m (div gulab)
• Maltese: tudun tal-ġebel
• Navajo: hasbídí
• Norman: pigeon d'falaise m (Jersey), pigeon d'mé m (Jersey)
• Northern Sami: ^{(please verify)} bákteduvvá
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: klippedue m or f

  Nynorsk: klippedue f

• Occitan: colom roquer m
• Persian: کبوتر چاهی (kabutar čâhi)
• Polish: gołąb skalny m
• Portuguese: pombo comum m, pombo-das-rochas m, pombo-doméstico m
• Romani: baresko-golumbo m, bareski-golumbaika f
• Romanian: porumbel de stinca m
• Romansch: columba selvadia f
• Russian: си́зый го́лубь m (sízyj gólubʹ)
• Sardinian: columbu aresti, columbu agreste, columbu de is arrocas
• Scottish Gaelic: calman-creige
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} divlji golub (sh), ^{(please verify)} pečinar, ^{(please verify)} дивљи голуб m ^{(please verify)} divlji golub (sh) m
• Slovak: holub skalný m
• Slovene: skalni golob m
• Spanish: paloma bravía f
• Swedish: klippduva c
• Turkish: kaya güvercini (tr)
• Ukrainian: си́зий го́луб m (sýzyj hólub)
• Upper Sorbian: dźiwi hołb m
• Welsh: colomen y graig