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== Esperanto == === Etymology === From Latin ōvum (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈovo/ Rhymes: -ovo Syllabification: o‧vo === Noun === ovo (accusative singular ovon, plural ovoj, accusative plural ovojn) egg ==== Derived terms ==== kirlovaĵo ova ovaĵo === Further reading === “ovo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN “ovo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026 == Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese ovo, from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɔ.βʊ] === Noun === ovo m (plural ovos) egg quartz stone pivot of a watermill spherical stone used as the lower pivot of the hinge of a traditional gate ==== Coordinate terms ==== casca clara xema === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ovo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “ovo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ovo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ovo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ovo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == 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) egg == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔ.vo/ Rhymes: -ɔvo Hyphenation: ò‧vo === Noun === ovo m (plural ova f) (Tuscany, Romanesco, central Italy) alternative form of uovo === References === === Further reading === AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1132: “l'uovo; le uova” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it == Latin == === Etymology 1 === Onomatopoeic;(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) compare Ancient Greek εὐάζω (euázō). Plutarch, in the life of Marcellus, claims that the name derives from celebration involving sacrifice of a sheep. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔ.woː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔː.vo] ==== Verb ==== ovō (present infinitive ovāre, perfect active ovāvī, supine ovātum); first conjugation to exult, rejoice Synonyms: gaudeō, grātulor, congrātulor, exhilarō, exsultō, fruor Antonym: displiceō to applaud, celebrate with an ovation ===== Usage notes ===== In Classical Latin, the verb is mainly found as a present participle, ovāns. The perfect stem ovāv- is attested only post-Classically. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈoː.woː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔː.vo] ==== Noun ==== ōvō 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Mountain Koiari == === Noun === ovo pig === References === Roger and Susan Garland. Mountain Koiali - English Dictionary. Ukarumpa: SIL, Ms. 38pp. (1983). == Norwegian Bokmål == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈoːʋɔ/ Rhymes: -oːʋɔ Hyphenation: ov‧o === Adverb === ovo only used in ab ovo (“ab ovo”) ==== Related terms ==== -ovo == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum. Found in the Cantigas de Santa Maria. === Noun === ovo m (plural ovos) egg ==== Descendants ==== Fala: ovu Galician: ovo Portuguese: ovo === References === == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese ovo, from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum. Doublet of ova. ==== Pronunciation ==== (São Miguel, Azores) IPA(key): [ˈuv] Rhymes: -ovu, (Northern Portugal) -obu Hyphenation: o‧vo ==== Noun ==== ovo m (plural ovos, metaphonic) (biology) egg (cell that results from the fertilization of the female gamete by the male gamete) (biology) egg (rounded body produced by oviparous females consisting of a membrane and outer shell that contains the embryo) this body, particularly that of chickens, when it has not yet been fertilized and is intended for food (figuratively) booster seat (figuratively) germ, incipient state (figuratively) principle (figuratively) origin (colloquial) testicle ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Saramaccan: óbo === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -ɔvu, (Northern Portugal) -ɔbu Hyphenation: o‧vo ==== Verb ==== ovo first-person singular present indicative of ovar === Further reading === “ovo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “ovo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “ovo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ǒʋoː/ === Pronoun === òvō ? (Cyrillic spelling о̀во̄) neuter nominative singular of ovaj neuter accusative singular of ovaj == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈobo/ [ˈo.β̞o] Rhymes: -obo Syllabification: o‧vo === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin ōvum. Doublet of huevo. ==== Noun ==== ovo m (plural ovos) (architecture) egg-shaped decoration === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== ovo first-person singular present indicative of ovar === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== ovo obsolete spelling of hubo === Further reading === “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 == Umbundu == === Pronoun === ovo they (third-person plural pronoun) ==== See also ==== == Venetan == === Noun === ovo m (plural ovi or uvi) alternative spelling of òvo (“egg”)