ovule

ovule

See also: ovulé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ovule (“ovum”), from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of ovolo.

Noun

ovule (plural ovules)

1. (botany) The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments.
2. (zoology) An immature ovum in mammals.

Translations

botany: structure that develops into a seed

Bulgarian: неоплодена пъпка (neoplodena pǎpka) Catalan: òvul (ca) m Dutch: zaadknop (nl) m Finnish: siemenaihe (fi) French: ovule (fr) f Japanese: 胚珠 (ja) (haishu) Korean: 밑씨 (mitssi) Russian: семяпо́чка (ru) f (semjapóčka), семязача́ток (ru) m (semjazačátok), яйцекле́тка (ru) f (jajceklétka) Spanish: óvulo (es) m Swedish: fröämne n, fröanlag n Vietnamese: noãn (vi)

zoology: immature ovum

Bulgarian: яйцеклетка (jajcekletka) Catalan: òvul (ca) m Finnish: oosyytti (fi), ovosyytti French: (please verify) ovule (fr) f German: (please verify) Eizelle (de) Spanish: óvulo (es) m

Anagrams

• Louve

---

French

Etymology

Latin ōvum (“egg”) +‎ -ule (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.vyl/

• Audio (Switzerland)

  (file)

• Homophones: ovulent, ovules

Noun

ovule m (plural ovules)

1. (biology) ovum
2. (pharmacology) ovule (dosage form)

   Marvin avait avalé 1 kilo de poudre blanche, soit 105 petits ovules plastifiés.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Verb

ovule

1. inflection of ovuler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “ovule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

---

Portuguese

Verb

ovule

1. inflection of ovular:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

---

Spanish

Verb

ovule

1. inflection of ovular:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative