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oval

See also: Oval and ovál

English edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Late Latin ovalis, from ovum; cognate with French and Italian ovale, Dutch ovaal. From 1570.

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊvəl/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊvəl/
  • Rhymes: -əʊvəl

Noun edit

oval (plural ovals)

  1. An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.
  2. A thing having such a shape, such as an arena.
  3. (mathematics) In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point.
  4. (Australia) A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape.

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Adjective edit

oval (comparative more oval, superlative most oval)

  1. Having the shape of an oval.
  2. Of or pertaining to an ovum.
    • 1901, Havelock Ellis, Sexual inversion, page 187:
      Every congenital abnormality is doubtless due to a peculiarity in the sperm or oval elements or in their mingling, or to some disturbance in their early development.
    oval conceptions

Usage notes edit

Any of the English adjectives derived from Latin ovum (including oval, ovate, ovoid) are typically considered synonymous when referring to egg-like shapes where one end is wider than the other but, out of all of them, oval is the most likely to be used in reference to a symmetrical ellipse.

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Asturian edit

Adjective edit

oval (epicene, plural ovales)

  1. oval (oval-shaped)

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Etymology edit

From ou +‎ -al.

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Adjective edit

oval m or f (masculine and feminine plural ovals)

  1. oval
    Synonym: ovalat

Noun edit

oval m (plural ovals)

  1. oval

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Noun edit

oval c (singular definite ovalen, plural indefinite ovaler)

  1. oval (shape)
  2. oval (object)

Declension edit

Declension of oval
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative oval ovalen ovaler ovalerne
genitive ovals ovalens ovalers ovalernes

Adjective edit

oval (neuter ovalt, plural and definite singular attributive ovale)

  1. oval

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Inflection of oval
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular oval — —2
Indefinite neuter singular ovalt — —2
Plural ovale — —2
Definite attributive1 ovale — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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oval (strong nominative masculine singular ovaler, comparative ovaler, superlative am ovalsten)

  1. oval
    Synonyms: eiförmig, eirund

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Latin ovalis, from ovum (“egg”).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

oval (neuter singular ovalt, definite singular and plural ovale)

  1. oval

Noun edit

oval m (definite singular ovalen, indefinite plural ovaler, definite plural ovalene)

  1. an oval

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Latin ovalis, from ovum (“egg”).

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oval (neuter singular ovalt, definite singular and plural ovale)

  1. oval

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oval m (definite singular ovalen, indefinite plural ovalar, definite plural ovalane)

  1. an oval

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Pronunciation edit

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: o‧val

Adjective edit

oval m or f (plural ovais)

  1. oval (shaped like an egg)
    Synonyms: ovalado, ovoide

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French ovale.

Adjective edit

oval m or n (feminine singular ovală, masculine plural ovali, feminine and neuter plural ovale)

  1. oval

Declension edit

Declension of oval
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite oval ovală ovali ovale
definite ovalul ovala ovalii ovalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite oval ovale ovali ovale
definite ovalului ovalei ovalilor ovalelor

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /oˈbal/ [oˈβ̞al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: o‧val

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oval m or f (masculine and feminine plural ovales)

  1. oval (shaped like an oval)
    Synonym: ovalado

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oval (not comparable)

  1. oval (having an elongated round shape)

Declension edit

Inflection of oval
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular oval — —
Neuter singular ovalt — —
Plural ovala — —
Masculine plural3 ovale — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 ovale — —
All ovala — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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Noun edit

oval c

  1. an oval (elongated round shape)

Declension edit

Declension of oval 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative oval ovalen ovaler ovalerna
Genitive ovals ovalens ovalers ovalernas

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