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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dove

/doʊv/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.67 in modern English

Syllables
dove
IPA
/doʊv/
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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 three hundred species of the family Columbidae.

Countable

noun

A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict.

Countable

noun

A term of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.

Countable

noun

A greyish, bluish, pinkish colour like that of the bird.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Ellipsis of love dove (“a tablet of the drug ecstasy”).

Countable; Slang

verb

simple past of dive

Canadian usage; American usage

verb

past participle of dive

name

A river in England, forming the boundary between Derbyshire and Staffordshire.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

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 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).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: douve, *dūfe, *dūbā, *dūbǭ, -

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /doʊv/
  • British English: /dəʊv/

Usage

Inflected Forms

doves (plural)

Derived Forms

dovecot dovecote dovehouse dovekie dovelet dovelike doveling dovely doveplum doveship dovetail dovish

Phrases

Asian emerald dove Barbary dove bar-shouldered dove beautiful fruit dove blue ground dove collared dove cuckoo dove cuckoo-dove

Synonyms

culver dove peace dove squab peacenik

Antonyms

hawk

Rhymes With

of love above gov thereof glove shove labov belove stove fit like a glove luv

Questions

How do you pronounce dove?
The recorded pronunciation is /doʊv/.
What does dove mean?
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 three hundred species of the family Columbidae.
Where does dove come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce dove

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