Phrase guide

stock dove

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A pigeon of species Columba oenas, found in much of Europe, in the family Columbidae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From stock (“tree trunk”) + dove, in reference to the bird's habit of nesting in hollow trees.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aragonese: sisella — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Basque: txoloma — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Belarusian: клінтух (klintux) — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Breton: koulm c'hlas — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Catalan: xixella — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Catalan: xixell — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歐鴿 /欧鸽 (Ōugē) — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Czech: holub doupňák — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Danish: huldue — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Dutch: holenduif — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Esperanto: trukolombo — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Esperanto: arbokolombo — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Estonian: õõnetuvi — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Faroese: holudúgva — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Finnish: uuttukyyhky — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • French: pigeon colombin — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Galician: pomba zura — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Galician: pombo pequeno — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Georgian: გვიძინი (gviʒini) — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Georgian: გულიო (gulio) — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • German: Hohltaube — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Greek: φασσοπερίστερο (fassoperístero) — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Hungarian: kék galamb — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Icelandic: holudúfa — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Irish: colm gorm — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Italian: colombella — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Italian: palombella — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Korean: 분홍가슴비둘기 (bunhonggaseumbidulgi) — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Latvian: meža balodis — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Lithuanian: uldukas — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Macedonian: планински гулаб (planinski gulab) — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Macedonian: гулаб дупкар (gulab dupkar) — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Mingrelian: გუძინა (guʒina) — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skogdue — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skogdue — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Polish: siniak — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Polish: gołąb siniak — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Portuguese: pombo-bravo — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Romanian: porumbel de scorbură — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Russian: кли́нтух (klíntux) — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Serbo-Croatian: golub dupljaš — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Spanish: paloma zurita — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Swedish: skogsduva — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Turkish: gökçe güvercin — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Ukrainian: голуб-синяк (holub-synjak) — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Ukrainian: клинтух (klyntux) — stock dove, Columba oenas
  • Welsh: colomen wyllt — stock dove, Columba oenas