douveとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Inherited from 古期英語 *dūfe.

発音

• IPA: /ˈduːv(ə)/, /ˈduː(ə)/, /ˈduːf(ə)/

名詞

douve (plural douves)

1. A dove, pigeon, or similar bird.
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Matheu 10:16, folio 4, verso, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     lo I ſende ȝou as ſcheep in þe myddil of wolues / þerfoꝛ be ȝe ſliȝ as ſerpentis .· and ſymple as dowues

     So I'm sending you out like sheep in amongst wolves, so be shrewd like snakes and harmless like doves.

2. An affectionate term of familiarity.

関連する語

• dovehouse

派生した語

参照

• “dǒuve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 August 2018.