Meanings
plural dovecotes · alternative dovecot
- A small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments (pigeonholes), in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.
she could see the malt-house with its dovecote
2003, Peter Ackroyd, The Clerkenwell Tales, page 21 more example
If you haue writ your Annales true, 'tis there, / That like an Eagle in a Doue-cote, I / Flutter'd your Volcians in Corioles.
c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vi], page 30Synonyms: columbarium, doocot, dovehouse, pigeon loft
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments (pigeonholes), in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.
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Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek περιστερεών
- περιστερεών (peristereṓn)house or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Basque usategi
- usategihouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Catalan colomar
- colomarhouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Chinese Mandarin 鴿棚 /鸽棚
- 鴿棚 /鸽棚 (gēpéng)house or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Czech holubník
- holubníkhouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Danish dueslag
- dueslaghouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Dutch duiventil, duivenkot
- duiventilhouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
- duivenkothouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Esperanto kolombejo
- kolombejohouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Estonian tuvila
- tuvilahouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Finnish kyyhkyslakka
- kyyhkyslakkahouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
French colombier
- colombierhouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
German Taubenhaus, Taubenschlag
- Taubenhaushouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
- Taubenschlaghouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
- Taubenkobelhouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Greek περιστερώνας
- περιστερώνας (peristerónas)house or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Hungarian galambdúc
- galambdúchouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Irish colmlann
- colmlannhouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Italian colombaia
- colombaiahouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Latin columbārium
- columbāriumhouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Lithuanian karvelidė
- karvelidėhouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Polish gołębnik
- gołębnikhouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Portuguese pombal
- pombalhouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Romanian porumbar, porumbărie
- porumbarhouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
- porumbăriehouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Russian голубя́тня
- голубя́тня (golubjátnja)house or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Slovak holubník
- holubníkhouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Spanish palomar
- palomarhouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Swedish duvslag
- duvslaghouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Tagalog bahay-kalapati
- bahay-kalapatihouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Turkish güvercinlik
- güvercinlikhouse or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Urdu کبوتر خانہ
- کبوتر خانہ (kabūtar xāna)house or box in which domestic pigeons breed
Cite this entry
dovecote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dovecote
“dovecote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dovecote. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dovecote,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dovecote.
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