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: /ˈdəʊˌdəʊ/, X-SAMPA: /"d@U%d@U/
• (US) IPA: /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) (dodo) m
• Czech: dronte mauricijský m, blboun nejapný m, dodo m
• Danish: dronte (da) c
• Dutch: dodo (nl) m, walghvogel (nl)
• Esperanto: dodo (eo), dronto
• Estonian: dront (et)
• Finnish: drontti (fi), dodo (fi)
• French: dodo (fr) m, dronte (fr) m
• German: Dodo m, Dronte m, Doudo m, Dudu m
• Greek: διδώ (dido) f, δοδώ (dodo) f
• Hebrew: דודו (dodo) m
• Hungarian: dodó, dodógalamb
• Icelandic: dúdúfugl (is) m
• Ido: dronto, dodoo
• Interlingua: dodo (ia)

• Italian: dodo (it) m, dronte (it) m
• Japanese: ドードー (dōdō)
• Korean: 도도 (dodo)
• Latin: raphus cucullatus
• Norwegian: dodo (no) m (Bokmål), dronte (no) m (Nynorsk)
• Polish: dodo (pl) m
• Portuguese: dodó m (Portugal), dodô m (Brazil); dronte m
• Russian: додо (dodó) m, дронт (dront) m
• Spanish: dodo (es) m, dronte (es) m
• Swahili: doda (sw)
• Swedish: dront (sv) c
• Tamil: டோடோ
• Thai: โดโด้ (doh-dôh)
• Turkish: dodo, Mauritius dodosu
• Urdu: ڈو ڈو (dodo) m

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: /ˈdoːdoː/

Noun

dodo m (plural dodo's, diminutive dodootje)

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

Noun

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

1. dodo

Alternative forms

• dido

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Finnish

Noun

dodo

1. dodo (bird of the extinct family Raphidae)
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 (type valo) singular plural nominative dodo dodot genitive dodon dodojen partitive dodoa dodoja accusative dodo 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: /do.do/, X-SAMPA: /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