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culver

cul·ver
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kuhl-ver]
    • /ˈkʌl vər/
    • /ˈkəl.və(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuhl-ver]
    • /ˈkʌl vər/

Definitions of culver word

  • noun culver a dove or pigeon 3
  • noun culver a dove or pigeon. 1
  • noun culver (British dialect, poetic) A dove or pigeon. 1
  • noun culver (now Britain, south and east dialect) A dove, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus. 0
  • noun culver A culverin. 0

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Origin of culver

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English culfer, culfre < Vulgar Latin *columbra, for Latin columbula, equivalent to columb(a) dove + -ula -ule

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Parts of speech for Culver

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

culver popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

culver usage trend in Literature

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Top questions with culver

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