dove
鳩
解説 Definition
dove は名詞 dove（鳩）の単数形で、鳩という意味です。特に白い鳩を指すこともありますが、ここでは鳥としての鳩を表します。
A dove is a bird in the pigeon family, often imagined as small, gentle, and pale or white, although doves occur in various colors. The word is also widely associated with peace, but here it refers to the bird itself.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
名詞 dove は「鳩」で、特に白い鳩や平和の象徴を連想しやすい語です。a white dove、a dove flies のような場面で覚え、都市でよく見る pigeon と比べると、dove は小型で繊細な印象や象徴的文脈に多く現れます。なお dive の過去形 dove は同じ綴りでも発音が /doʊv/ で、名詞 /dʌv/ と異なります。
Picture a white dove sitting on a roof or flying across a park. That image matches the word’s frequent association with gentleness and peace, while keeping the basic meaning firmly on the bird. Dove and pigeon name birds in the same family; dove is often preferred for smaller or more delicate-looking kinds and in symbolic contexts. Be careful with the identical spelling dove, the past tense of dive in American English: the bird is pronounced /dʌv/, while the past-tense verb is pronounced /doʊv/.
例文
A white dove sat on the roof.
白い鳩が屋根の上にとまっていました。
The dove flew across the park.
その鳩は公園を横切って飛んでいきました。
She drew a small dove in her notebook.
彼女はノートに小さな鳩を描きました。
dove の類義語・関連語
類義語
派生語
dove の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 dūfe に由来し、ゲルマン祖語 *dūbǭ（潜る者）が語根。鳩が頭を水に沈める動作から名付けられた。関連語: dive（潜る）と同根。平和の象徴としての用法は聖書のノアの方舟で鳩がオリーブの枝を持ち帰った故事に由来する。
The noun dove comes from Old English dufe, an inherited Germanic name for the bird. Related forms occur in other Germanic languages, although the word’s deeper origin is not completely certain. Its strong association with peace developed through religious and artistic traditions, especially the biblical account in which a dove returns to Noah carrying an olive leaf. The noun should not be confused historically or in pronunciation with American English dove, the past tense of dive.
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