Translation
dove, pigeon
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Word origin
From Latin columba, the dove, which also gave French colombe and Italian colomba. English has it only in the name Columba and in columbarium, so the family resemblance is easy to miss.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- columba
- English cognates
- columbarium, Columbine
Examples
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A white dove sat on the roof.
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The dove is a symbol of peace.
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In the town the pigeons eat bread on the street.
English splits the bird in two: a on a wedding card is a dove, the same pecking chips outside a station is a pigeon. Esperanto does not bother, and neither does the zoology. There is no -ombo suffix hiding in here, whatever the shape of the word suggests: the root is - in one piece.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 18, lesson 2: kolombo, violono, rivereto and 7 more words.