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Webster 1913 Edition

Dodo

Do′do

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Dodoes
(#)
.
[Said to be fr. Pg.
doudo
silly, foolish (cf.
Booby
); this is fr. Prov. E.
dold
, the same word as E.
dolt
.]
(Zool.)
A large, extinct bird (
Didus ineptus
), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; – called also
dronte
. It was related to the pigeons.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dodo

DODO

,
Noun.
The Didus, a genus of fowls of the gallinaceous order. The hooded dodo is large than a swan, with a strong hooked bill. The general color of the plumage is cinereous; the belly and thighs whitish. The head is large, and seems as if covered with a hood. The solitary dodo is a large fowl, and is said to weigh sometimes forty five pounds. The plumage is gray and brown mixed.

Definition 2025

Dodo

Dodo

See also: dodo, dodó, dodô, dödö, and do do

German

Noun

Dodo m ‎(genitive Dodos, plural Dodos)

  1. Dodo, Raphus cucullatus.

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Synonyms

dodo

dodo

See also: Dodo, dodó, dodô, dödö, and do do

English

A dodo

Noun

dodo ‎(plural dodoes or dodos)

  1. A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
  2. (figuratively) A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.
    As dead as a dodo.‎

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdoːdoː/

Etymology 1

Noun

dodo m ‎(plural dodo's, diminutive dodootje n)

  1. dodo, †Raphus cucullatus.

Etymology 2

Noun

dodo m ‎(uncountable)

  1. (Belgium, childish) Sleep, nighty night.
    Wil je dodo doen?‎ ― Do you want to go to sleep?

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Esperanto

Alternative forms

Noun

dodo ‎(accusative singular dodon, plural dodoj, accusative plural dodojn)

  1. dodo

Finnish

Noun

dodo

  1. dodo (exitinct bird of the family Columbidae)
  2. dodo, †Raphus cucullatus (type species of the family)
  3. solitaire (two extinct birds of the family Columbidae, more specifically Réunion soilitaire, Raphus solitarius and Rodriques solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria)

Declension

Inflection of dodo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative dodo dodot
genitive dodon dodojen
partitive dodoa dodoja
illative dodoon dodoihin
singular plural
nominative dodo dodot
accusative nom. dodo dodot
gen. dodon
genitive dodon dodojen
partitive dodoa dodoja
inessive dodossa dodoissa
elative dodosta dodoista
illative dodoon dodoihin
adessive dodolla dodoilla
ablative dodolta dodoilta
allative dodolle dodoille
essive dodona dodoina
translative dodoksi dodoiksi
instructive — dodoin
abessive dodotta dodoitta
comitative — dodoineen

Usage notes

Synonyms

  • (Raphus cucullatus): mauritiuksendodo

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /do.do/

Noun

dodo m ‎(plural dodos)

  1. (childish) Sleep, kip.
    Tu veux faire dodo?‎ ― Do you want to go to sleep?
  2. A dodo bird

Italian

Noun

dodo m ‎(plural dodi)

  1. dodo

Maquiritari

Etymology

From Spanish loro.

Noun

dodo

  1. a type of parrot

References

  • Ed. Key, Mary Ritchie and Comrie, Bernard. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Carib (De'kwana).

Spanish

Noun

dodo m ‎(plural dodos)

  1. dodo

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Swahili

Noun

dodo (ma class, plural madodo)

  1. breast (organ)

Synonyms

Etymology

From Portuguese doudo, obsolete form of doido ‎(“fool, simpleton, silly, stupid”). First attested in the 17th century.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdəʊˌdəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdoʊˌdoʊ/

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