dove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʌv/
rhymes: -ʌv
Forms: form: doves
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-der.?
Proto-Germanic *dūbaną?
Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ
Proto-West Germanic *dūbā
Old English *dūfe
Middle English douve
English dove
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).
Senses: examples: text: Dove's brains have been prepared by chefs for amorous expectations.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 77:
synonyms: word: culver
word: dove
word: pibbin
word: pib
word: pidge
word: pigeon
word: pijon
glosses: 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.
topics: government
politics
synonyms: peace dove
antonyms: hawk
glosses: A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.
examples: text: O my dove, […] let me hear thy voice.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Song of Solomon 2:14:
glosses: Term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
glosses: A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.
glosses: Ellipsis of love dove (“tablet of the drug ecstasy”).
Derived terms: taxonomic: Streptopelia risoria
word: Barbary dove
word: bar-shouldered dove
word: beautiful fruit dove
word: collared dove
word: cuckoo dove
word: cuckoo-dove
word: cushat dove
word: cushat-dove
word: dead dove
taxonomic: Geopelia cuneata
word: diamond dove
word: dovecot
word: dovecote
word: Dove Creek
word: dove-eyed
word: dove gray
word: dove grey
word: dovehouse
word: dovekie
word: dovelet
word: dovelike
word: doveling
word: dovely
word: dove of peace
word: dove orchid
taxonomic: Peristeria elata
word: dove plant
word: doveplum
word: doveship
word: dovetail
taxonomic: Davidia involucrata
word: dove tree
word: dove weed
word: dovish
taxonomic: Zenaida auriculata
word: eared dove
word: Fleet Street dove
word: fruit dove
english: Ptilinopus
translation: Ptilinopus
word: fruit-dove
taxonomic: Zenaida galapagoensis
word: Galapagos dove
alt: Claravinae spp., Phabini spp.
word: ground dove
word: Inca dove
word: laughing dove
word: little brown dove
word: lovey-dovey
taxonomic: Columbina passerina
word: moaning dove
taxonomic: Zenaida macroura
word: mourning dove
word: Nicobar dove
taxonomic: Zenaida meloda
word: Pacific dove
word: palm dove
word: peaceful dove
word: Philippine cuckoo-dove
word: quail dove
word: quail-dove
taxonomic: Zenaida macroura
word: rain dove
word: release dove
word: ringdove
taxonomic: Streptopelia risoria
word: ring dove
word: ringed dove
taxonomic: Streptopelia risoria
word: ringneck dove
taxonomic: Columba livia
word: rock dove
word: Samoan dove
word: scaled dove
word: sea dove
word: Senegal dove
taxonomic: Zenaida graysoni
word: Socorro dove
word: soiled dove
word: stockdove
taxonomic: Columba oenas
word: stock dove
word: sucking-dove
taxonomic: Turtur tympanistria
word: tambourine dove
taxonomic: Columbina passerina
word: tobacco dove
word: tree-dove
word: turtledove
word: turtle-dove
word: turtle dove
taxonomic: Zenaida meloda
word: West Peruvian dove
taxonomic: Zenaida asiatica
word: white-winged dove
word: wood dove
taxonomic: Geopelia striata
word: zebra dove
taxonomic: Zenaida spp.
word: zenaida dove
word: especially Zenaida aurita)