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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

due.

a dove or pigeon; culver (one of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdʉːə/
  1. a dove or pigeon; culver (one of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species)

    feminine · masculine
    leke hauk og due
  2. a dove or pigeon; culver (one of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species) a couple that is very much in love

    feminine · humorous · in-plural · masculine
  3. a dove or pigeon; culver (one of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species) a dove (term of endearment for a woman one holds dearly)

    feminine · masculine · poetic
  4. a dove or pigeon; culver (one of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species) a symbol of peace and reconciliation

    feminine · figuratively · masculine
    fredens due
  5. a dove or pigeon; culver (one of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species) a dove (a person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict)

    feminine · masculine
  6. a dove or pigeon; culver (one of several birds of the family Columbidae, which consists of more than 300 species) a symbol of the Holy Spirit

    feminine · masculine
  7. a clay pigeon (a flying target used as moving target in sport shooting)

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse dúfa (“dove, pigeon”), from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ (“dove, pigeon”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“hazy, unclear, dark; deep”). Cognate with Danish due, Swedish duva, Icelandic dúfa, Dutch duif, German Taube, English dove. The sense “politician favouring conciliation” is a semantic loan from English dove.

adv/ˈduːə/
  1. only used in a due (“indicating two musicians or sections play together”)

Where this word comes from

From Italian due (“two”), from Latin duae, feminine plural of duo (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō (“two”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”).

verb
  1. to say du (you) to someone

    colloquial · transitive
Where this word comes from

From the pronoun du (“you”), from Old Norse þú (“you”), from Proto-Germanic *þū (“you”), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you”).

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