| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /dœy̯f/ |
| Hyphenation | duif |
| Gender | historically feminine, nowadays also masculine |
| Plural | duiven |
| Diminutive | |
|---|---|
| Singular | Plural |
| duifje | duifjes |
| Albanian | pëllumb |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colom |
| Czech | holub; holubice |
| Danish | due |
| English | dove; pigeon |
| English (Old English) | culfre |
| Esperanto | kolombo |
| Faeroese | dúgva |
| Finnish | kyyhky |
| French | colombe; pigeon |
| German | Taube |
| Greek | περιστερά; περιστέρι |
| Hungarian | galamb |
| Icelandic | dúfa |
| Italian | piccione |
| Latin | columba |
| Luxemburgish | Dauf |
| Malay | merpati |
| Norwegian | due |
| Papiamento | palomba; paloma |
| Polish | gołąb |
| Portuguese | pombo |
| Romanian | porumbel |
| Russian | голубь |
| Saterland Frisian | Duuwe |
| Scottish Gaelic | calman |
| Spanish | paloma |
| Sranan | doyfi |
| Swahili | hua; njiwa |
| Swedish | duva |
| Tagalog | kalapati |
| Thai | นกพิราบ |
| Turkish | güvercin |
| Welsh | colomen |
| West Frisian | do |
| Yiddish | טױב |