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Webster 1913 Edition

Houve

Houve

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Noun.
[AS.
hūfe
.]
A head covering of various kinds; a hood; a coif; a cap.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024

houve

houve

Middle English

Alternative forms

Noun

houve (plural houves)

  1. (dialectal) A head covering of various kinds; a hood; a coif; a cap.
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Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

houve

  1. First-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of haver
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) preterite indicative of haver

Etymology

From Old English hūfe ‎(“a covering for the head”), from Proto-Germanic *hūbǭ ‎(“hood, cowl”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- ‎(“to bend, curve, vault”). Cognate with Dutch huif ‎(“hood, tent”), German Haube ‎(“hood, bonnet, cap”), Swedish huva ‎(“hood, bonnet, cap”), Icelandic húfa ‎(“cap”).

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