óvulo
See also: ovulo, ovuló, and ovulò
Portuguese
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óvulo
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ōvulum, from ōvum (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.vu.lu/
- Hyphenation: ó‧vu‧lo
Noun
óvulo m (plural óvulos)
- (cytology, embryology) ovum; egg cell (female gamete in animals)
Related terms
- ovo
- ovulação
- ovulado
- ovular
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈobulo/ [ˈo.β̞u.lo]
- Rhymes: -obulo
- Syllabification: ó‧vu‧lo
Noun
óvulo m (plural óvulos)
- (zoology) ovule (immature ovum)
- (botany) ovule
Further reading
- “óvulo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014