"dove" in seven languages
Meaningdove
Spanish
/paˈloma/
fem.other source · Latin PALUMBAM 'wood pigeon'
Paloma covers both doves and city pigeons.
French
/kɔlɔ̃b/
fem.inherited
The city pigeon is a pigeon, from PĪPIŌNEM 'chick'.
Italian
/koˈlomba/
fem.inherited
The city pigeon is a piccione, from the same PĪPIŌNEM.
Portuguese
/ˈpõbɐ/
fem.other source · Latin PALUMBAM 'wood pigeon'
Covers both doves and city pigeons, like Spanish paloma.
Romanian
/poˈrumbel/
masc.other source · Latin PALUMBUM 'wood pigeon' + diminutive -el
Catalan
/kuˈlom/
masc.inherited
From the masculine COLUMBUM; coloma is the female.
English
/dʌv/
native English · Old English *dūfe
The Latin ancestor
COLUMBAM‘dove’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The dove of peace is la paloma, la colombe, la colomba. Spanish took Latin's wood pigeon instead, so the two words are near-rhymes from different sources.
English relatives: columbine, Columbus; palomino (from Spanish paloma)
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In a sentence
- esLa paloma blanca es un símbolo de paz.
- frLa colombe blanche est un symbole de paix.
- itLa colomba bianca è un simbolo di pace.
- ptA pomba branca é símbolo da paz.
- roPorumbelul alb e un simbol al păcii.
- caEl colom blanc és un símbol de pau.
- enThe white dove is a symbol of peace.