kolombo

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kolombo

Kolombo sidanta sur branĉo

Etymology

From Italian colomba, colombo, French colombe, both from Latin columba, from Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos). Cognate with Russian го́лубь (gólubʹ), Polish gołąb.

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -ombo
Hyphenation: ko‧lom‧bo

Noun

kolombo (accusative singular kolombon, plural kolomboj, accusative plural kolombojn)

pigeon, dove (bird of the genus Columba)

Hypernyms

kolombedo (“member of family Columbidae”)

Hyponyms

virkolombo (“cock pigeon (male pigeon), cock dove (male dove)”)
kolombido (“squab (young pigeon or dove)”)
kolombino (“hen pigeon (female pigeon), hen dove (female dove)”)

Meronyms

kolombaĵo (“pigeon meat, dove meat, squab”)

Holonyms

kolombaro (“flock of pigeons”)

Derived terms

kolomba (“like a pigeon, columbine, peristeronic”)
kolombejo (“columbary, pigeonhouse, dovecote”)
kolombokolora (“columbine (color)”)
kurierkolombo, leterkolombo (“homing pigeon (short form: homer), racing pigeon; carrier pigeon (a common misnomer for the two previous terms, especially in newspaper and magazine articles written by nonspecialists)”)

Ido

Noun

kolombo (plural kolombi)

dove, pigeon

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