dove

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Rock dove (Columba livia)

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Middle English douve, dove, 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

    • IPA(key): /dʌv/
    • Rhymes: -ʌv
    • Audio (US); dove (noun):(file)

    Noun

    dove (countable and uncountable, plural doves)

    1. (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.
      • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 77:
        Dove's brains have been prepared by chefs for amorous expectations.
    2. (countable, politics) A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.
      Synonym: peace dove
      Antonym: hawk
    3. (countable) Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
    4. A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.
    5. (slang, countable) Ellipsis of love dove (tablet of the drug ecstasy).
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    • Norwegian Bokmål: due (semantic loan)
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    Etymology 2

    A modern dialectal formation of the strong conjugation, by analogy with drivedrove and weavewove.

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    Verb

    dove

    1. (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.
    2. (nonstandard) past participle of dive
    Usage notes
    • See dive for dived vs. dove.

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    Dutch

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈdoː.və/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: do‧ve

    Etymology 1

    From doof +‎ -e.

    Noun

    dove m or f (plural doven)

    1. a deaf person
      Synonym: doveman
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    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Adjective

    dove

    1. inflection of doof:
      1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
      2. definite neuter singular attributive
      3. plural attributive

    Etymology 3

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    dove

    1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of doven

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    Friulian

    Etymology

    From Latin doga, from Ancient Greek δοχή (dokhḗ), from Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éh₂. Compare Italian doga, Venetan dova, doa, French douve.

    Noun

    dove f (plural dovis)

    1. stave

    Italian

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    Etymology

    From Latin ubi (from where, whence), or from a strengthening of the older form ove with a prothetic d-. Compare Piedmontese doa, French d'où.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈdo.ve/°, (traditional) /ˈdo.ve/*
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ove
    • Hyphenation: dó‧ve

    Conjunction

    dove

    1. where
      Lo troverai dove l'hai lasciato.You'll find it where you left it.

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    Adverb

    dove

    1. (interrogative) where, whereabouts
      Dove vai?Where are you going?
      Dove vivi?Whereabouts do you live?

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    Middle English

    Noun

    dove

    1. alternative form of douve

    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Adjective

    dove

    1. neuter singular of doven