douve

Inherited from Old French dove, doue, from Latin doga, from Ancient Greek δοχή (dokhḗ), from Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éh₂.

Cognate with Persian دیوار and Dutch duig (“stake, piece”).

• IPA^(key): /duv/

douve f (plural douves)

1. moat (defensive ditch)
2. stave (of a barrel)

Inherited from Middle French dauve, from Old French dolve, from Late Latin dolva, related to the name of a buttercup that grows in swamps, attested in the fifth century and possibly of Celtic origin.^[1]

douve f (plural douves)

1. fluke (parasitic flatworm)

• “douve”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• dove, duve, dowve, dowe, doufe, douf

Inherited from Old English *dūfe, from Proto-West Germanic *dūbā, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ.

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

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.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Matheu 10:16, page 4v, 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.

• dovehouse

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