ovo

ovo

See also: óvo, ovo-, and óvó

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin ōvum (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈovo]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ovo
• Hyphenation: o‧vo

Noun

ovo (accusative singular ovon, plural ovoj, accusative plural ovojn)

1. egg

Derived terms

• kirlovaĵo
• ova
• ovaĵo

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese ovo (“egg”), from Latin ōvum (“egg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔ.βʊ]

Noun

ovo m (plural ovos)

1. egg

   A galiña pón o ovo para proveito da muller.

   The hen lays the egg for the benefit of the woman.

2. quartz stone pivot of a watermill
3. spherical stone used as the lower pivot of the hinge of a traditional gate

Coordinate terms

• casca
• clara
• xema

References

• “ovo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “ovo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “ovo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ovo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ovo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto ovo, French œuf, Italian uovo, Spanish huevo, from Latin ōvum (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.vo/

Noun

ovo (plural ovi)

1. egg

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Italian

Noun

ovo m (plural ova f)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of uovo

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Latin

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic; compare Ancient Greek εὐάζω (euázō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.u̯oː/, [ˈou̯oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vo/, [ˈɔːvo]

Verb

ovō (present infinitive ovāre, perfect active ovāvī, supine ovātum); first conjugation

1. I exult, rejoice.

   Synonyms: gaudeō, grātulor, congrātulor, exhilarō, exsultō, fruor

   Antonym: displiceō

2. I applaud, celebrate with an ovation.

Usage notes

In Classical Latin, the verb is mainly found as a present participle, ovāns.[1] The perfect stem ovāv- is attested only post-Classically.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ovō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ovō	ovās	ovat	ovāmus	ovātis	ovant
	imperfect	ovābam	ovābās	ovābat	ovābāmus	ovābātis	ovābant
	future	ovābō	ovābis	ovābit	ovābimus	ovābitis	ovābunt
	perfect	ovāvī	ovāvistī	ovāvit	ovāvimus	ovāvistis	ovāvērunt, ovāvēre
	pluperfect	ovāveram	ovāverās	ovāverat	ovāverāmus	ovāverātis	ovāverant
	future perfect	ovāverō	ovāveris	ovāverit	ovāverimus	ovāveritis	ovāverint
passive	present	ovor	ovāris, ovāre	ovātur	ovāmur	ovāminī	ovantur
	imperfect	ovābar	ovābāris, ovābāre	ovābātur	ovābāmur	ovābāminī	ovābantur
	future	ovābor	ovāberis, ovābere	ovābitur	ovābimur	ovābiminī	ovābuntur
	perfect	ovātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ovātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ovātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ovem	ovēs	ovet	ovēmus	ovētis	ovent
	imperfect	ovārem	ovārēs	ovāret	ovārēmus	ovārētis	ovārent
	perfect	ovāverim	ovāverīs	ovāverit	ovāverīmus	ovāverītis	ovāverint
	pluperfect	ovāvissem	ovāvissēs	ovāvisset	ovāvissēmus	ovāvissētis	ovāvissent
passive	present	over	ovēris, ovēre	ovētur	ovēmur	ovēminī	oventur
	imperfect	ovārer	ovārēris, ovārēre	ovārētur	ovārēmur	ovārēminī	ovārentur
	perfect	ovātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ovātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ovā	—	—	ovāte	—
	future	—	ovātō	ovātō	—	ovātōte	ovantō
passive	present	—	ovāre	—	—	ovāminī	—
	future	—	ovātor	ovātor	—	—	ovantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ovāre	ovāvisse	ovātūrum esse	ovārī	ovātum esse	ovātum īrī
participles		ovāns	—	ovātūrus	—	ovātus	ovandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ovandī	ovandō	ovandum	ovandō	ovātum	ovātū

Derived terms

• ovālis
• ovanter
• ovātiō
• ovātus

 

Etymology 2

From ōvum (“egg”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.u̯oː/, [ˈoːu̯oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vo/, [ˈɔːvo]

Noun

ōvō

1. dative/ablative singular of ōvum

References

• “ovo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ovo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ovo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
    

1. “ouō” on page 1278 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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Mountain Koiari

Noun

ovo

1. pig

References

• Roger and Susan Garland. Mountain Koiali - English Dictionary. Ukarumpa: SIL, Ms. 38pp. (1983).

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ōvō, dative/ablative singular of ōvum (“egg”), from Proto-Italic *ōwom (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”), likely from *h₂éwis (“bird”), possibly from *h₂ew- (“to enjoy, consume”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːʋɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oːʋɔ
• Hyphenation: ov‧o

Adverb

ovo

1. Only used in ab ovo (“ab ovo”)

Related terms

• -ovo

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Portuguese

ovo

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ovo (“egg”), from Latin ōvum (“egg”), from Proto-Italic *ōwom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”), likely a derivative of *h₂éwis (“bird”). Doublet of ova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.vu/

• Hyphenation: o‧vo

Noun

ovo m (plural ovos, metaphonic)

1. egg
2. (slang) testicle

Related terms

• ova

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒʋoː/

Pronoun

òvō (Cyrillic spelling о̀во̄)

1. neuter nominative singular of ovaj
2. neuter accusative singular of ovaj

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ōvum. Doublet of huevo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈobo/ [ˈo.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -obo
• Syllabification: o‧vo

Noun

ovo m (plural ovos)

1. (architecture) egg-shaped decoration

Verb

ovo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ovar

Further reading

• “ovo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Umbundu

Pronoun

ovo

1. they (third-person plural pronoun)

See also

Umbundu personal pronouns

	singular	plural
first-person	ame	etu
second-person	ove	ene
third-person	eye	ovo

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Venetian

Alternative forms

• óvo

Etymology

From Latin ōvum. Compare Italian uovo.

Noun

ovo m (plural ovi or uvi)

1. egg