dove
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English dove, douve, duve, from Old English *dūfe (“dove, pigeon”), from Proto-West Germanic *dūbā, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ (“dove, pigeon”).
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
editNoun
editdove (countable and uncountable, plural doves)
- (countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; 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.
- Synonym: peace dove
- Antonym: hawk
- (countable) Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Song of Solomon 2:14:
- O my dove, […] let me hear thy voice.
- A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.
- (slang, countable) Short for love dove (“tablet of the drug ecstasy”).
Synonyms
edit- (pigeon): columbid, columbiform, culver, pigeon
Derived terms
edit- Barbary dove (Streptopelia risoria)
- bar-shouldered dove
- beautiful fruit dove
- collared dove
- cuckoo dove, cuckoo-dove
- cushat dove, cushat-dove
- dead dove
- diamond dove (Geopelia cuneata)
- dovecot, dovecote
- Dove Creek
- dove-eyed
- dove gray, dove grey
- dove of peace
- dove plant (Peristeria elata)
- dove tree (Davidia involucrata)
- dovish
- eared dove (Zenaida auriculata)
- Fleet Street dove
- fruit dove, fruit-dove (Ptilinopus)
- Galapagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis)
- ground dove (Claravinae spp., Phabini spp.)
- Inca dove
- laughing dove
- little brown dove
- moaning dove (Columbina passerina)
- mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)
- Nicobar dove
- Pacific dove (Zenaida meloda)
- palm dove
- peaceful dove
- Philippine cuckoo-dove
- quail dove, quail-dove
- rain dove (Zenaida macroura)
- release dove
- ring dove (Streptopelia risoria)
- ringed dove
- ringneck dove (Streptopelia risoria)
- rock dove (Columba livia)
- Samoan dove
- scaled dove
- sea dove
- Senegal dove
- Socorro dove (Zenaida graysoni)
- soiled dove
- stock dove (Columba oenas)
- sucking-dove
- tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria)
- tobacco dove (Columbina passerina)
- tree-dove
- turtledove, turtle-dove, turtle dove
- West Peruvian dove (Zenaida meloda)
- white-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica)
- wood dove
- zebra dove (Geopelia striata)
- zenaida dove (Zenaida spp, especially Zenaida aurita)
Descendants
edit- → Norwegian Bokmål: due (semantic loan)
Translations
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Etymology 2
editA modern dialectal formation of the strong conjugation, by analogy with drive → drove and weave → wove.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dōv, IPA(key): /dəʊv/
- (US) enPR: dōv, IPA(key): /doʊv/
Audio (US); “dove” (verb): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊv
Verb
editdove
- (chiefly Canada, US and England dialect) Strong simple past 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
editDutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editdove m or f (plural doven)
- A deaf person.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
editdove
- inflection of doof:
Etymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editdove
Anagrams
editFriulian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin doga, from Ancient Greek δοχή (dokhḗ), from Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éh₂. Compare Italian doga, Venetian dova, doa, French douve.
Noun
editdove f (plural dovis)
Italian
editAlternative forms
edit- dov' (acopic, before a vowel or 'h')
Etymology
editFrom Latin dē ubi, or from a strengthening of the older form ove with a prothetic d-. Compare Piedmontese doa.
Pronunciation
editConjunction
editdove
- where
- Lo troverai dove l'hai lasciato. ― You'll find it where you left it.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editAdverb
editdove
- (interrogative) where, whereabouts
- Dove vai? ― Where are you going?
- Dove vivi? ― Whereabouts do you live?
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editNoun
editdove
- Alternative form of douve
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editAdjective
editdove
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- Rhymes:Italian/ove
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