ovate

ovate

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊveɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊveɪt/

Etymology 1

oval + -ate, from Latin ovatus.

Ovate leaf form

Adjective

ovate (comparative more ovate, superlative most ovate)

1. Shaped like an egg.
2. (botany, of leaves) With the broadest extremity near the base.

Synonyms

• egg-shaped
• ovoid

Derived terms

• obovate

Translations

shaped like an egg — see egg-shaped

botany, of leaves: broadest near the base

Finnish: puikea (fi)

Etymology 2

See vates

Noun

ovate (plural ovates)

1. An Irish bard.
2. A member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.
3. A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod.

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Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected form of ovātus, perfect passive participle of ovō (“rejoice, applaud”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oˈwaː.te/, [ɔˈwaː.tɛ]

Participle

ovāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ovātus

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ōvātus, from ōvum (“egg”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oːˈwaː.te/, [oːˈwaː.tɛ]

Adjective

ōvāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ōvātus