ovarium
English
Etymology
New Latin. Doublet of ovary.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ə(ʊ)ˈvɛːrɪəm/
Noun
ovarium (plural ovaria)
- An ovary.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ovarium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Indonesian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ōvārium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ovaˈriʊm/
- Rhymes: -ʊm, -m
- Hyphenation: ova‧ri‧um
Noun
ovarium (plural ovarium-ovarium, first-person possessive ovariumku, second-person possessive ovariummu, third-person possessive ovariumnya)
- (anatomy) ovary: A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
Alternative forms
- اوۏاري (ovari) (Standard Malay)
Synonyms
- indung telur
Further reading
- “ovarium” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
From ōvum (“egg”) + -ārium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oːˈu̯aː.ri.um/, [oːˈu̯äːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈva.ri.um/, [oˈväːrium]
Noun
ōvārium n (genitive ōvāriī or ōvārī); second declension
- (anatomy) ovary
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ōvārium | ōvāria |
| Genitive | ōvāriī ōvārī1 | ōvāriōrum |
| Dative | ōvāriō | ōvāriīs |
| Accusative | ōvārium | ōvāria |
| Ablative | ōvāriō | ōvāriīs |
| Vocative | ōvārium | ōvāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- → English: ovary
- → French: ovaire
- → German: Ovarium
- → Indonesian: ovarium
- → Portuguese: ovário
- → Spanish: ovario
References
- ovarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
ovarium n (definite singular ovariet, indefinite plural ovarier, definite plural ovaria or ovariene)
- (anatomy) ovary
- Synonym: eggstokk
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
ovarium n (definite singular ovariet, indefinite plural ovarium, definite plural ovaria)
- (anatomy) ovary
- Synonym: eggstokk
Swedish
Noun
ovarium
- ovary
- Synonym: äggstock
- Hypernym: könskörtel
Further reading
- ovarium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)