"dovecote" meaning in English

See dovecote in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdʌvkɒt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdʌvkɑt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dovecote.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-dovecote.wav Forms: dovecotes [plural]
Etymology: From dove + cote. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dove|cote|notext=1|type=endocentric}} dove + cote Head templates: {{en-noun}} dovecote (plural dovecotes)
  1. A small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments (pigeonholes), in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house. Wikidata QID: Q948878 Categories (topical): Animal dwellings Categories (lifeform): Columbids Synonyms: columbarium, doocot [Scotland], dovehouse, pigeon loft Translations (house or box in which domestic pigeons breed): περιστερεών (peristereṓn) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), աղավնատուն (aġavnatun) (Armenian), աղավնոց (aġavnocʻ) (Armenian), usategi (Basque), colomar [masculine] (Catalan), 鴿棚 (Chinese Mandarin), 鸽棚 (gēpéng) (Chinese Mandarin), huīlōcalli (Classical Nahuatl), holubník [masculine] (Czech), duiventil [masculine] (Dutch), duivenkot [neuter] (Dutch), kolombejo (Esperanto), tuvila (Estonian), kyyhkyslakka (Finnish), colombier [masculine] (French), pombal [masculine] (Galician), Taubenhaus [neuter] (German), Taubenschlag [masculine] (German), Taubenkobel [masculine] (German), περιστερώνας (peristerónas) [masculine] (Greek), galambdúc (Hungarian), colmlann [feminine] (Irish), colombaia [feminine] (Italian), columbārium [neuter] (Latin), karvelidė [feminine] (Lithuanian), colombyi [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), گوگرجینلك (güvercinlik) (Ottoman Turkish), gołębnik [masculine] (Polish), pombal [masculine] (Portuguese), porumbar [neuter] (Romanian), porumbărie [feminine] (Romanian), голубя́тня (golubjátnja) [feminine] (Russian), golubarnik (Serbo-Croatian), palomar [masculine] (Spanish), duvslag [neuter] (Swedish), bahay-kalapati (Tagalog), güvercinlik (Turkish), pijunöp (Volapük), pejilitöp [obsolete] (Volapük)
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  2. (historical) In medieval Europe, a round or square structure of stone or wood, free-standing or built into a tower, in which pigeons were kept. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-dovecote-en-noun-Bduqpsip Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dovecot Derived forms: flutter in the dovecote, flutter the dovecote Related terms: dove

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      "word": "աղավնատուն"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "duiventil"
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      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "duivenkot"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "word": "kolombejo"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "word": "tuvila"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "word": "kyyhkyslakka"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "colombier"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pombal"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Taubenhaus"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Taubenschlag"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Taubenkobel"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "peristerónas",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "περιστερώνας"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "peristereṓn",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "περιστερεών"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "word": "galambdúc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colmlann"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colombaia"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "columbārium"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "karvelidė"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "colombyi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "güvercinlik",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "word": "گوگرجینلك"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gołębnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pombal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "porumbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "porumbărie"
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      "roman": "golubjátnja",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "голубя́тня"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "word": "golubarnik"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "palomar"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "duvslag"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "word": "bahay-kalapati"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "word": "güvercinlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "house or box in which domestic pigeons breed",
      "word": "pijunöp"
    },
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
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      "word": "pejilitöp"
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}

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