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Pigeon – definitions in English dictionary

noun

A stout seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice, typically having grey and white plumage.

Usage examples:

Their short breeding cycle allows pigeons and doves to have more broods to compensate for their sma…
noun

A gullible person, especially someone swindled in gambling or the victim of a confidence trick.

Usage examples:

At the end of the day, one has to admit that most would-be megastars, the pigeons in this behaviora…
noun

An aircraft from one's own side.

noun

Archaic spelling of pidgin.

noun

A person's particular responsibility or business.

Usage examples:

Hermia will have to tell them first, it's her pigeon
noun

A large, usually gray-and-white bird that lives esp. in cities

Usage examples:

We fed the pigeons in the park.

Pigeon translation into English

Pigeon: translate from English into Chinese

Translate pigeon into Chinese (Simplified)}
鸽子, 鸽, 家鸽, 鹁鸽

Pigeon: translate from English into Dutch

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Duif, Tamme duif, Pidgintaal, Sul, Pidgin, Voor de gek houden

Pigeon: translate from English into French

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Pigeon, Affaire

Pigeon: translate from English into German

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Taube

Pigeon: translate from English into Hindi

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कबूतर, कपोत, भोला आदमी, कन्या, चिंता, भोला-भाला

Pigeon: translate from English into Italian

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Piccione, Colombo

Pigeon: translate from English into Korean

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비둘기, 속기 쉬운 사람, ...에게서 ...을 사취하다, ...을 사취하다

Pigeon: translate from English into Russian

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Голубь, Голубиный, Голубок, Простак, Простофиля, Шляпа, Лох, Надувать, Обманывать

Pigeon: translate from English into Spanish

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Paloma, Pichón, Plato

Word origin

late Middle English: from Old French pijon, denoting a young bird, especially a young dove, from an alteration of late Latin pipio(n- ), ‘young cheeping bird’ of imitative origin.

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