decoy
English
/ˈdiːkɔɪ/
noun
Definitions
- A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
- A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
Etymology
Compound from Dutch, Flemish de (the, th) + Dutch, Flemish kooi (cage, bunk).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
kooi
Gloss
cage, bunk
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- decoyable English
- decoyer English
- decoyman English
- man English
- Devos Dutch, Flemish
- apenkooi Dutch, Flemish
- bijdehand Dutch, Flemish
- de Dutch, Flemish
- de Vos Dutch, Flemish
- dewelke Dutch, Flemish
- dezelve Dutch, Flemish
- doordeweek Dutch, Flemish
- kooi Dutch, Flemish
- lichtekooi Dutch, Flemish
- mezenkooi Dutch, Flemish
- schaapskooi Dutch, Flemish
- vogelkooi Dutch, Flemish
- койка Russian
- coy Spanish, Castilian
- デコイ Japanese
- coye Middle Dutch
- die Middle Dutch
- kooi Afrikaans
- kōje Middle Low German