English Explanatory Dictionary

doe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).
  2. A female fallow deer.
  3. A female rabbit or hare.
  4. A female squirrel.
  5. A female kangaroo.
verb
  1. Obsolete spelling of do.
adv
  1. though
noun
  1. Initialism of Design Of Experiments.
verb
  1. Initialism of depends on experience.
name
  1. Initialism of Dictionary of Old English.
  2. Initialism of Department of Energy.
  3. Initialism of Department of Education.
name
  1. A surname of English origin.

Pronunciation

/dəʊ/ dō /doʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-doe.wav

Word forms

doe does doing doth did didde done

Etymology

From Middle English do (“(female) fallow deer”), from Old English dā, from Proto-West Germanic *daihā (“female deer, mother deer”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck (milk), to suckle”). Cognate with Middle Scots da, dae (“female fallow deer”), Danish då (“fallow deer”), Sanskrit धेनु (dhenú, “cow, milk-cow”), Old English dēon (“to suckle”), Old English delu (“teat”). Related also to female, filial, fetus.

Synonyms

hind blue flyer ED

Related words

John Doe Jane Doe Juan Doe Juanita Doe

Derived words

blue doe doe-eyed doe eyes doelike doeling doe party doeskin doey

Translations

Albanian: kaprolle Albanian: sorkadhe Breton: bizourc'h Breton: yourc'hez Czech: srna Danish: rå Dutch: reegeit Esperanto: kapreolino Finnish: vaadin French: chevrette German: Ricke German: Rehgeiß Hungarian: őzsuta Norwegian Bokmål: rå Polish: sarna Romanian: căprioară Welsh: iyrchell Welsh: iyrches
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