columba

Meaning

1. (declension-1, feminine) dove, pigeon (sacred bird of Venus)
2. (declension-1, feminine) a term of endearment

Concepts

pigeon

dove

🕊️

rock dove

ring dove

turtledove

wood pigeon

wood-pigeon

Jonah

ringdove

Synonyms

columbus

palumbes

columbula

columbulus

Translations

Taube

paloma

pigeon

duif

piccione

περιστέρι

pombo

güvercin

🕊️

colom

🕊️

colombe

🕊️

حمامة

colomb

pomba

🕊️

colomba

🕊️

Pronounced as (IPA)

[kɔˈɫʊm.ba]

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”), from κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “dive, plunge headlong, swim”). (Aristophanes [Birds, 304] and others use the word κολυμβίς (kolumbís, “diver, sea-bird”).)