Dog

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Scientific name 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Transitive verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.5 Proverbs and Idioms 1.6 See also 1.6.1 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 Swedish 3.1 Verb

English

Etymology

Middle English dogge, from Old English docga.

Pronunciation

• (UK): /dɒg/, /dQg/
• (US): /dɔːg/, /dO:g/
• (US, speakers with ɑ-ɔ merger): /dɑːg/, /da:g/
• (US, New York City area): /dʊɔːg/, /dUO:g/

Noun

dog (Plural: dogs)

1. A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds.

   The dog barked all night.

2. A male dog, as opposed to a bitch.
3. (derogatory) A dull, unattractive girl or woman.

   She's a real dog.

4. (slang) A man.

   You lucky dog!

5. (derogatory) Someone who is morally reprehensible.

   You dirty dog.

   Quotations

   • 1599 - Robert Greene, Alphonsus, King of Aragon (1599). Act 3.

     Blasphemous dog, I wonder that the earth

     Doth cease from renting vnderneath thy feete,

     To swallow vp those cankred corpes of thine.

6. A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
7. A metal support for logs in a fireplace.

   The dogs were too hot to touch.

Scientific name

• Canis lupus familiaris

Synonyms

• (animal): domestic dog, hound
• (man): bloke (British), chap (British), fellow, guy
• (morally reprehensible person): cad, bounder, blackguard, hound, heel, scoundrel
• (hinged catch): click, detent, pawl
• (metal support for logs): andiron, firedog, dogiron

Related terms

• dogged
• dog-eared
• dog collar
• dog star
• cattle dog
• guide dog
• seeing-eye dog
• sheepdog

Translations

animal

Albanian: qeni Arabic: كَلب (kalb) Basque: txakur, etxe-txakur Belorussian: сабака Bosnian: pas m, kučka f Breton: ki m chas pl, kiez f -ed Bulgarian: куче (kuče) Catalan: gos, ca m, gossa f Cherokee: gitli gili Chinese: 狗 (gou3) Chumash: huču (Inezeño) Croatian: pas m Czech: pes m Danish: hund m Dutch: hond m Esperanto: hundo Estonian: koer Faeroese: hundur Finnish: koira French: chien m Frisian: hûn Friulian: cjan Galician: can German: Hund m Gothic: 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds) m Modern Greek: σκύλος (skilos) m Ancient Greek: κύων (cyōn) c Guaraní: jagua Hawaiian: ʻilio (e leo) Hebrew: כֶּלֶב m (keh-lev) Hindi: कुत्ता (kuta) Hungarian: kutya Icelandic: hundur Indonesian: anjing Interlingua: can Inuktitut: qimmiq Irish: madra, gadhar, cú Italian: cane m Japanese: 犬 (いぬ, inu) Javanese: asu Korean: 개 (gae) Ladin: cian Latin: canis c

Latino sine flexione: cane Latvian: suns Lithuanian: šuo m, šuva m (archaic) Lojban: gerku Lower Sorbian: pjas Macedonian: пес (pes) Malayalam: നായ് Maltese: dib=lupu Manchu: indahūn Maori: kurii Mongolian: нохой (nokhoi) Norwegian: hund Occitan: gos, can Farsi: سَگ (sæg) Polish: pies m Portuguese: cão m, cadela f, cachorro m, cachorra f' Provençal: can Romanian: câine Romanica: can m Romansh: chaun Romany: zhukel m zhukli f Russian: собака (sobaka) f, пёс m Sami: beana Sardinian: cani/cane, perru, catteddu Scottish: cu Serbian: пас (pas) Slovak: pes m, suka f Slovene: pes m, psica f Spanish: perro m Swedish: hund Thai: หมา Tibetan: ཁྱི་ (khyi) Tok Pisin: dok Tupinambá: îagûara Turkish: köpek Ukrainian: собака, пес (sobaka, pes) Upper Sorbian: pos, psyk Vietnamese: chó Welsh: ci Yiddish: הונט (hoont)

male dog

French: chien m Italian: cane m

Lithuanian: šuo m Slovene: pes m Spanish: perro m

dull, unattractive girl or woman

French: thon m

slang: man See guy

morally reprensible person See scoundrel

French: chien m

hinged catch See pawl

metal support for logs See andiron

Transitive verb

to dog (dogs, dogged, dogging)

1. To go after with the intent to catch.
2. To follow in an annoying way, to constantly be affected by.

   Trouble dogged his every step.

3. (nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.

   It is very important to dog down these hatches... — [1].

4. (emerging usage in UK) To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place, on the pretence of walking the dog; see also dogging.

   Someone has admitted to going dogging at his local country park.

Synonyms

• (go after with intent to catch): chase, chase after, go after, pursue, tag, tail, track, trail

Proverbs and Idioms

• dog tired
• dog-eat-dog
• dog's life
• every dog has its day
• go to the dogs
• rain cats and dogs
• hair of the dog

See also

• bitch
• canine
• cynomorphic
• cynomorphism
• doggy
• flea bag
• hound
• pup, puppy

See also

• Wikipedia article on dogs

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɔx/

Noun

dog m (Plural: doggen)

1. mastiff

Swedish

Verb

dog

1. (past tense of dö) died

hu:Dog la:dog pl:dog ro:Dog