ab ovo
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== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin ab ōvō (literally “from the egg”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(General American) IPA(key): /æˈboʊˌvoʊ/
=== Adverb ===
ab ovo (not comparable)
From the beginning. [from late 16th c.]
Coordinate term: in medias res
==== Translations ====
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
ab ovo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
== German ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin ab ōvō (“from the egg”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ap ˈoːvo/
Hyphenation: ab ovo
=== Adverb ===
ab ovo
ab ovo
=== References ===
“ab ovo” in Duden online
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin ab ōvō (literally “from the egg”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɑːbˈoːʋɔ/
Rhymes: -oːʋɔ
Hyphenation: ab‧o‧vo
=== Adverb ===
ab ovo
(literary) ab ovo, from the beginning
=== References ===
“ab_ovo” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“ab ovo” in Store norske leksikon
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin ab ōvō (literally “from the egg”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˌab ˈobo/ [ˌaβ̞ ˈo.β̞o]
Syllabification: ab o‧vo
=== Adverb ===
ab ovo
ab ovo
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“ab ovo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025