Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word doe. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in doe.
Definitions and meaning of doe
doe
Pronunciation
(UK) IPA(key): /dəʊ/
(US) enPR: dō, IPA(key): /doʊ/
Rhymes: -əʊ
Homophones: doh, dough, do (in music)
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishdo, from Old Englishdā(“female deer”), from Proto-Germanic*dajjǭ(“female deer, mother deer”), from Proto-Germanic*dajjaną(“to suckle”), from Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁(y)-(“to suck (milk), to suckle”).
Cognate with Scotsda, dae(“female deer”), Alemannic Germantē(“doe”), Danishdå(“deer, doe”), Sanskritधेनु(dhenú, “cow, milk-cow”), Old Englishdēon(“to suckle”), Old Englishdelu(“teat”). Related also to fellatio, filial, fetus.
Noun
doe (pluraldoes)
A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope, (less commonly goat as nanny is also used).
A female rabbit.
A female hare.
A female squirrel.
A female kangaroo.
Synonyms
(female deer):hind(female red deer)
(female kangaroo):blue flyer(female red kangaroo)
Translations
Etymology 2
Verb
doe (third-person singular simple presentdoes, present participledoingordoth, simple pastdidordidde, past participledone)
Obsolete spelling of do
1620 Mayflower Compact
[…] a voyage to plant yͤ first colonie in yͤ Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in yͤ presence of God […]
Etymology 3
Adverb
doe (not comparable)
(African-American Vernacular, MLE) though
Anagrams
-ode, EDO, EOD, Edo, ODE, OED, deo, ode
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /du/
Hyphenation: doe
Rhymes: -u
Etymology 1
Verb
doe
first-person singular present indicative of doen
(archaic) singular present subjunctive of doen
imperative of doen
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutchdoe.
Adverb
doe
(now dialectal)Alternative form of toen.
Conjunction
doe
(now dialectal)Alternative form of toen.
Anagrams
deo
Limburgish
Etymology
From Middle Dutchdu, from Old Dutchthū, from Proto-West Germanic*þū, from Proto-Germanic*þū.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [duː˨]
Pronoun
doe
thou, you (singular)
Inflection
Dative is nowadays obsolete, use accusative instead.
Lindu
Noun
doe
end; tip
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutchthuo, related to thie(“that one”).
Adverb
doe
then, at that time, at the time
then, after that
Alternative forms
doen
Descendants
Dutch: toen
Limburgish: doe
Conjunction
doe
when, at the time that
Alternative forms
doen
Descendants
Dutch: toen
Limburgish: doe
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
doe
inflection of doen:
first-person singular present indicative
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
singular imperative
Further reading
“doe, doen (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
“doe, doen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “doe (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic*dowsants.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈdo.e/
Noun
döef (genitivedoat, nominative pluraldoit)
upper arm
Inflection
Mutation
Further reading
Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “doe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language