dove
English Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Middle English dove, douve, duve, from Old English *dūfe (“dove, pigeon”), from Proto-West Germanic *dūbā, 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 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
- African mourning dove (Streptopelia decipiens)
- Adamawa turtle dove (Streptopelia hypopyrrha)
- American ground dove (Claravinae spp.)
- American mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)
- atoll fruit dove (Ptilinopus coralensis)
- Barbary dove (Streptopelia risoria)
- beautiful fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus)
- Carolina turtle dove (Zenaida macroura)
- carunculated fruit dove (Ptilinopus granulifrons)
- common ground dove (Columbina passerina)
- crimson-capped fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus)
- crimson-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus)
- cushat dove, cushat-dove
- diamond dove (Geopelia cuneata)
- dovecot, dovecote
- Dove Creek
- dove gray, dove grey
- dove of peace
- dove plant (Peristeria elata)
- dove tree (Davidia involucrata)
- dove-eyed
- dovish
- dwarf fruit dove (Ptilinopus nainus)
- eared dove (Zenaida auriculata)
- Fischer's fruit dove (Ptilinopus fischeri)
- Fleet Street dove
- fruit dove, fruit-dove (Ptilinopus)
- Galapagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis)
- grey-headed fruit dove (Ptilinopus hyogastrus)
- ground dove (Claravinae spp., Phabini spp.)
- Indo-Pacific ground dove (Phabini spp.)
- Jambu fruit dove (Ptilinopus jambu)
- magnificent fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus)
- moaning dove (Columbina passerina)
- mourning dove (Zenaida macroura)
- mourning collared dove (Streptopelia decipiens)
- 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)
- soiled dove
- stock dove (Columba oenas)
- sucking-dove
- tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria)
- tobacco dove (Columbina passerina)
- 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 spp, esp. Zenaida aurita)
- bar-shouldered dove
- collared dove
- cuckoo dove, cuckoo-dove
- Eurasian collared dove
- European turtle dove
- golden fruit dove
- Inca dove
- laughing dove
- oriental turtle dove
- peaceful dove
- Philippine cuckoo-dove
- quail dove, quail-dove
- red turtle dove
- ringed dove
- rose-crowned fruit-dove
- ruddy ground dove
- Samoan dove
- scaled dove
- sea dove
- tree-dove
Descendants Edit
- → Norwegian Bokmål: due (semantic loan)
Translations Edit
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Etymology 2 Edit
A modern dialectal formation of the strong conjugation, by analogy with drive → drove and weave → wove.
Alternative forms Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dōv, IPA(key): /dəʊv/
- (US) enPR: dōv, IPA(key): /doʊv/
Audio (US), verb (file) - Rhymes: -əʊv
Verb Edit
dove
- (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 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
- inflection of doof:
Etymology 2 Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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.
Derived terms Edit
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