"dodo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdəʊdəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdoʊˌdoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dodo.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dodoes [plural], dodos [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊdəʊ Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from obsolete Portuguese doudo (“fool, simpleton, silly, stupid”) or Dutch dodaars. First attested in the 17th century. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{bor|en|pt|doudo||fool, simpleton, silly, stupid}} Portuguese doudo (“fool, simpleton, silly, stupid”), {{der|en|nl|dodaars}} Dutch dodaars Head templates: {{en-noun|dodoes|s}} 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. Categories (place): Mauritius Categories (lifeform): Columbids Translations (Raphus cucullatus): دُودُو (dūdū) [masculine] (Arabic), ড’ড’ (dödö) (Assamese), додо (dodo) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 嘟嘟鳥 (Chinese Mandarin), 嘟嘟鸟 (dūdūniǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 毛里求斯渡渡鳥 (Máolǐqiúsī dùdùniǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 渡渡鳥 (Chinese Mandarin), 渡渡鸟 (dùdùniǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 愚鳩 (Chinese Mandarin), 愚鸠 (yújiū) (Chinese Mandarin), 孤鴿 (Chinese Mandarin), 孤鸽 (gūgē) (Chinese Mandarin), dronte mauricijský [masculine] (Czech), blboun nejapný [masculine] (Czech), dodo [masculine] (Czech), dronte [common-gender] (Danish), dodo [masculine] (Dutch), walgvogel (Dutch), dodo (Esperanto), dronto (Esperanto), dront (Estonian), drontti (Finnish), dodo (Finnish), dodo [masculine] (French), dronte [masculine] (French), Dodo [masculine] (German), Dronte [masculine] (German), Doudo [masculine] (German), Dudu [masculine] (German), διδώ (didó) [feminine] (Greek), δοδώ (dodó) [feminine] (Greek), דודו (dodo) [masculine] (Hebrew), dodó (Hungarian), dodógalamb (Hungarian), dúdúfugl [masculine] (Icelandic), dronto (Ido), dodo (Interlingua), dodo [masculine] (Italian), dronte [masculine] (Italian), ドードー (dōdō) (Japanese), 도도 (dodo) (Korean), raphus cucullatus (Latin), dodo [Bokmål, masculine] (Norwegian), dronte [Nynorsk, masculine] (Norwegian), dodo [masculine] (Occitan), dodo [masculine] (Polish), dodó [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), dodô [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), dronte [masculine] (Portuguese), pasărea dodo [feminine] (Romanian), dront [masculine] (Romanian), додо́ (dodó) [masculine] (Russian), дронт (dront) [masculine] (Russian), додо [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dodo [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dodo [masculine] (Spanish), dronte [masculine] (Spanish), doda (Swahili), dront [common-gender] (Swedish), டோடோ (ṭōṭō) (Tamil), โดโด้ (doo-dôo) (Thai), dodo (Turkish), Mauritius dodosu (Turkish), ڈو ڈو (dodo) [masculine] (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-dodo-en-noun-V-J9-pNI Disambiguation of Mauritius: 96 0 0 4 Disambiguation of Columbids: 33 27 19 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 26 24 29 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 21 29 22 29 Disambiguation of 'Raphus cucullatus': 92 4 3
  2. (figuratively) A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt. Tags: figuratively Categories (lifeform): Columbids Translations (old-fashioned person or institution): dodo [masculine] (Dutch), fossiili (Finnish), fossile [masculine] (French), fossil [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dodo-en-noun-oehUobKP Disambiguation of Columbids: 33 27 19 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 26 24 29 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 21 29 22 29 Disambiguation of 'old-fashioned person or institution': 6 90 5
  3. (golf) A hole in one. Categories (topical): Golf Categories (lifeform): Columbids
    Sense id: en-dodo-en-noun-1XOEFDfp Disambiguation of Columbids: 33 27 19 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 26 24 29 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 21 29 22 29 Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: didine, ratite
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: as dead as a dodo, dead as a dodo, dodo bird, dodoesque, dodoism, dodolike, dodoness, dodo tree, go the way of the dodo, go the way of the dodo bird, little dodo

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Yoruba dòdò (“fried plantain”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|yo|dòdò||fried plantain|g=|g2=|g3=|id=plantain|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Yoruba dòdò (“fried plantain”), {{bor+|en|yo|dòdò|id=plantain|t=fried plantain}} Borrowed from Yoruba dòdò (“fried plantain”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} dodo (uncountable)
  1. (Nigeria) Fried plantain. Tags: Nigeria, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Columbids
    Sense id: en-dodo-en-noun-97yS4Th- Disambiguation of Columbids: 33 27 19 22 Categories (other): Nigerian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 26 24 29 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 21 29 22 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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cucullatus\", \"word\": \"doda\"}, {\"code\": \"sv\", \"lang\": \"Swedish\", \"sense\": \"Raphus cucullatus\", \"tags\": [\"common-gender\"], \"word\": \"dront\"}, {\"code\": \"ta\", \"lang\": \"Tamil\", \"roman\": \"ṭōṭō\", \"sense\": \"Raphus cucullatus\", \"word\": \"டோடோ\"}, {\"code\": \"th\", \"lang\": \"Thai\", \"roman\": \"doo-dôo\", \"sense\": \"Raphus cucullatus\", \"word\": \"โดโด้\"}, {\"code\": \"tr\", \"lang\": \"Turkish\", \"sense\": \"Raphus cucullatus\", \"word\": \"dodo\"}, {\"code\": \"tr\", \"lang\": \"Turkish\", \"sense\": \"Raphus cucullatus\", \"word\": \"Mauritius dodosu\"}, {\"code\": \"ur\", \"lang\": \"Urdu\", \"roman\": \"dodo\", \"sense\": \"Raphus cucullatus\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"ڈو ڈو\"}, {\"code\": \"nl\", \"lang\": \"Dutch\", \"sense\": \"old-fashioned person or institution\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"dodo\"}, {\"code\": \"fi\", \"lang\": \"Finnish\", \"sense\": \"old-fashioned person or institution\", \"word\": \"fossiili\"}, {\"code\": \"fr\", \"lang\": \"French\", \"sense\": \"old-fashioned person or institution\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"fossile\"}, {\"code\": \"sv\", \"lang\": \"Swedish\", \"sense\": \"old-fashioned person or institution\", \"tags\": [\"neuter\"], \"word\": \"fossil\"}, {\"code\": \"th\", \"lang\": \"Thai\", \"note\": \"ไดโนเสาร์ (dai-noo-sǎo, literally “dinosaur”)\", \"sense\": \"old-fashioned person or institution\", \"tags\": [\"slang\"]}], \"wikipedia\": [\"dodo\"], \"word\": \"dodo\"}",
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