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Dave
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dave davė davę dávě davě
English
Pronunciation
en /deɪv/, en /dəveɪ/ (second sense)
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dave.wav Southern England
en eɪv 1
Proper noun
en male David, also used as a formal given name.
en 1994 w:Caroline Knapp The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays 169, 170 Counterpoint Press 2004 1582433135 David, with its final "d", sounds finished and complete, whereas Dave just kind of hangs there in the air, indefinitely. - - - Worse, if your name is Dave, the only possible nickname is "Davey", which makes you sound like you should be wearing a coonskin cap.
en Barstool Sports founder retracts Auschwitz tour offer to customer in antisemitic sign incident w:Associated Press https://apnews.com/article/barstool-antisemitism-temple-university-philadelphia-auschwitz-72c7d507b4feb70e6fe0c8eed29b89b0 2025-05-05 Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy said he would send two customers to tour a former Nazi concentration camp after they allegedly engaged in antisemitic behavior at a Barstool pub in Philadelphia, then later retracted that offer for at least one of them because he said the person was denying responsibility for what happened. https://web.archive.org/web/20250507130555/https://apnews.com/article/barstool-antisemitism-temple-university-philadelphia-auschwitz-72c7d507b4feb70e6fe0c8eed29b89b0
en Gujarati from en gu દવે (one who has studied) two Vedas. en sa विद्
en very rare en female.
Derived terms
en davemaoite Davo Johndave
Related terms
en Davey
en Davie
en Dwivedi
Translations
male given name
Bulgarian: bg Дейв m
Greek: el Ντέιβ transliteration from English
Gujarati surname
Gujarati: gu દવે
Anagrams
en adev E.D. Va. Veda deva vade
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb en Dave, diminutive of en David.
Pronunciation
deyb
Proper noun
deyb
ceb male English
Quotations
ceb
Tagalog
Etymology
tl en Dave, diminutive of en David.
Pronunciation
deyv #
Proper noun
deyv
tl male English