ovate

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊ.veɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.veɪt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈəʉ.væɪt/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin ōvātus, from ōvum (“an egg”) + -ātus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). ==== Adjective ==== ovate (comparative more ovate, superlative most ovate) Shaped like an egg. [from 1760] (botany, of leaves) With the broadest extremity near the base. ===== Synonyms ===== egg-shaped ovoid ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== ovate (plural ovates) (archaeology) An egg-shaped hand axe. [from 1871] === Etymology 2 === Ultimately from a Celtic language, see Proto-Celtic *wātis. ==== Noun ==== ovate (plural ovates) An Irish bard. A member at a certain grade of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England. A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod. === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Latin ovātus, perfect passive participle of ovō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). ==== Verb ==== ovate (third-person singular simple present ovates, present participle ovating, simple past and past participle ovated) (rare) (transitive) To give someone an ovation. [from 1638] (intransitive) To applaud enthusiastically. [from 1977] ===== Related terms ===== == Latin == === Etymology 1 === Inflected form of ovātus, perfect passive participle of ovō (“rejoice, applaud”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔˈwaː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈvaː.te] ==== Participle ==== ovāte vocative masculine singular of ovātus === Etymology 2 === Inflected form of ōvātus, from ōvum (“egg”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oːˈwaː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈvaː.te] ==== Adjective ==== ōvāte vocative masculine singular of ōvātus == Spanish == === Verb === ovate second-person singular voseo imperative of ovar combined with te