covey

== English == === Etymology 1 === The noun is derived from Middle English covei, covey (“brood of partridges, covey; volley of shot; kind of gun”) [and other forms], from Old French covée (“brood (of chickens), clutch”) (modern French couvée), a noun use of the feminine past participle of cover (“to brood (an egg)”) (modern French couver), from Latin cubāre, the present active infinitive of cubō (“to lie down, recline; to incubate; to be broody”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (“to lie down”). The verb is derived from the noun. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: kŭvʹē, IPA(key): /ˈkʌvi/ Rhymes: -ʌvi Hyphenation: cov‧ey ==== Noun ==== covey (plural covies or coveys) A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus). (by extension) A group of other birds, such as quail (superfamily Phasianoidea). Coordinate terms: bevy, flock, gaggle, host (figurative) A group or party of people; also, a group or set of things. ===== Alternative forms ===== covie (obsolete) ===== Related terms ===== cove (“of a bird or other animal: to brood, cover, incubate, or sit over (eggs)”) (obsolete) ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== covey (third-person singular simple present coveys, present participle coveying, simple past and past participle coveyed) (intransitive) To gather into a group. ===== Alternative forms ===== covie ===== Derived terms ===== covie (“of a bird or other animal: to brood, cover, incubate, or sit over (eggs)”) (possibly) ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From cove +‎ -y (diminutive suffix). Cove is derived from Romani kodo (“this one; him”) or kova (“that person”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊvi/ (General American) enPR: kōʹvē, IPA(key): /ˈkoʊvi/ Rhymes: -əʊvi ==== Noun ==== covey (plural coveys) (UK, familiar, slang, dated) A male person, a man; a chap, a chappie. Synonyms: (Britain) bloke, (Britain) cove, fellow, guy; see also Thesaurus:man ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === herd on Wikipedia.Wikipedia covey (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia T. F. Hoad (1996), The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === voyce