dovecot

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

Also spelled dove-cot

US /ˈdʌvkɑt/ UK /ˈdʌvkɒt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a structure for housing pigeons or doves

White birds wheeled above the old stone dovecot at dusk.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a structure for housing... dovecotecolumbarypigeonry

Word family

Forms dovecots

Related forms dovecotedovecote

Etymology

A compound of dove + cot/cote ('small shelter'). Dove is from Old English dufe, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ; cote is from Old English cote ('cottage, shelter').

dufe Old English cote Middle English

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# dovecot

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdʌvkɑt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdʌvkɒt/

## Meanings
1. a structure for housing pigeons or doves

## Examples
- White birds wheeled above the old stone dovecot at dusk.

## Synonyms
- dovecote
- columbary
- pigeonry

## Related Forms
- dove
- cote
- dovecote

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dufe
- Root: cote

## Etymology
A compound of dove + cot/cote ('small shelter'). Dove is from Old English dufe, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ; cote is from Old English cote ('cottage, shelter').

## AI Etymology
Dovecot is a compound of dove + cot/cote ('small shelter'). Dove is from Old English dufe, from Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ; cote is from Old English cote ('cottage, shelter'). The ancestry passes through Old English dufe and Old English cote. In present use as a noun, it means "a structure for housing pigeons or doves", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. As a compound, its meaning is assembled from the two visible parts rather than from an opaque borrowing. Related words include dove, cote, and dovecote.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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