dodo

Borrowed from Portuguese doudo, obsolete form of doido (“fool, simpleton, silly, stupid”). First attested in the 17th century.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdəʊˌdəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊˌdoʊ/

dodo (plural dodoes or dodos)

1. A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
2. (figuratively) A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.

   As dead as a dodo.

• (bird): †Didus ineptus

• didine
• ratite

dodo (plural dodos)

1. (Nigeria) Fried plantain.
   • 2015, Kemi Quinn, African Dishes Made Easy:

     Dodo is everybody's favorite! It is a superb snack, a side dish, a breakfast food or a dessert all rolled into one. The best dodo is made from soft (almost over ripe) plantain which is cut in 1/2 inch thick diagonal slices and fried to a crispy golden brown.

   • 2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen: A Novel:

     Mother had banned it a year or so earlier after Obembe and I stole pieces from Mother's cooler, and lied that we'd seen rats eating the dodos.

   • 2018, Remmi Smith, The Healthy Teen Cookbook: Around the World In 80 Fantastic Recipes:

     One popular Nigerian dish is fried plantain, which is called “dodo.”

• dood

From English dodo, borrowed from Portuguese doudo, obsolete form of doido (“fool, simpleton, silly, stupid”).

• Hyphenation: do‧do

dodo

1. a dodo (Raphus cucullatus)

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːdoː/

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• Hyphenation: do‧do

Borrowed from Portuguese dodô.

dodo m (plural dodo's, diminutive dodootje n)

1. dodo, †Raphus cucullatus.

   Synonyms: dodaars, dronte, walgvogel

Borrowed from French dodo.

dodo m (uncountable)

1. (Belgium, childish) Sleep, nighty night.

   Wil je dodo doen? ― Do you want to go to sleep?

   Synonym: dokes

• dood

• dido

dodo (accusative singular dodon, plural dodoj, accusative plural dodojn)

1. dodo

• IPA^(key): /ˈdodo/, [ˈdo̞do̞]

dodo

1. dodo (exitinct bird of the family Columbidae)
2. dodo, †Raphus cucullatus (type species of the family)
3. solitaire (two extinct birds of the family Columbidae, more specifically Réunion soilitaire, Raphus solitarius and Rodriques solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria)

• Réunion solitaire has been reclassified taxonomically and is now preferably called Réunion ibis, Threskiornis solitarius.

• (Raphus cucullatus): mauritiuksendodo

• mauritiuksendodo, Raphus cucullatus (dodo)
• reunionindodo, Raphus solitarius (Réunion solitaire)
• rodriguezindodo, Pezophaps solitaria (Rodrigues solitaire)

• IPA^(key): /do.do/

Childish reduplication of dormir

dodo m (plural dodos)

1. (childish) Sleep, kip.

   Tu veux faire dodo? ― Do you want to go to sleep?

Borrowed from Portuguese doudo.

dodo m (plural dodos)

1. A dodo bird

• “dodo” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• Rhymes: -ɔdo

dodo m (plural dodi)

1. dodo

From Spanish loro.

dodo

1. a type of parrot

• Ed. Key, Mary Ritchie and Comrie, Bernard. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Carib (De'kwana).

From French dodo.

dodo

1. dodo bird

From French dodo

dodo

1. to sleep (childish)

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Substantive form of dōt (“dead”).

dōdo m

1. dead person

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Middle Dutch: dôde
  • Dutch: dode

• “dōdo”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

From French dodo

dodo

1. to sleep

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

dodo m (plural dodos)

1. dodo

• dronte (obsolete)

dodo (ma class, plural madodo)

1. breast (organ)

• ziwa