covey

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: kŭvʹē
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkʌvi/
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• rhymes with -ʌvi
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊvi/
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• General-American: kōʹvē
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• General-American: /ˈkoʊvi/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH1 V IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Reduced form of McCovey.

The noun is derived from Middle English covei, covey (“brood of partridges, covey; volley of shot; kind of gun”) [and other forms], from Old French covée (“brood (of chickens), clutch”) (modern French couvée), a noun use of the feminine past participle of cover (“to brood (an egg)”) (modern French couver), from Latin cubāre, the present active infinitive of cubō (“to lie down, recline; to incubate; to be broody”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (“to lie down”). The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates French couvée (“brood (of chickens), clutch”), couver (“to brood (an egg)”) Italian covata (“brood, clutch, covey, hatch”), covare (“to brood or incubate (an egg)”)

From cove + -y (diminutive suffix). Cove is derived from Romani kodo (“this one; him”) or kova (“that person”).

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: rodinka (koroptví) — brood or family of partridges, which includes game birds such as grouse and ptarmigans
• Finnish: poikue — brood or family of partridges, which includes game birds such as grouse and ptarmigans
• Italian: covata — brood or family of partridges, which includes game birds such as grouse and ptarmigans
• Italian: nidiata — brood or family of partridges, which includes game birds such as grouse and ptarmigans
• Macedonian: ја́то (játo) — brood or family of partridges, which includes game birds such as grouse and ptarmigans
• Macedonian: по́томство (pótomstvo) — brood or family of partridges, which includes game birds such as grouse and ptarmigans
• Russian: вы́водок (vývodok) — brood or family of partridges, which includes game birds such as grouse and ptarmigans
• Serbo-Croatian: ја̏то — brood or family of partridges, which includes game birds such as grouse and ptarmigans
• Serbo-Croatian: jȁto — brood or family of partridges, which includes game birds such as grouse and ptarmigans
• Czech: hejno — group of other birds
• Czech: rodinka — group of other birds
• Finnish: parvi — group of other birds
• Italian: covata — group of other birds
• Italian: nidiata — group of other birds
• Italian: stormo — group of other birds
• Macedonian: ја́то (játo) — group of other birds
• Russian: ста́я (stája) — group of other birds
• Russian: ја̏то — group of other birds
• Russian: jȁto — group of other birds
• Chinese Mandarin: 群 (qún) — group or party of people; group or set of things
• Finnish: joukko — group or party of people; group or set of things
• Finnish: parvi — group or party of people; group or set of things
• Italian: comitiva — group or party of people; group or set of things
• Italian: gruppo — group or party of people; group or set of things
• Italian: raggruppamento — group or party of people; group or set of things
• Macedonian: гру́па (grúpa) — group or party of people; group or set of things
• Russian: гру́ппа (grúppa) — group or party of people; group or set of things
• Russian: ста́йка (stájka) — group or party of people; group or set of things