See also: Ovarium

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Etymology edit

New Latin. Doublet of ovary.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ə(ʊ)ˈvɛːrɪəm/

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ovarium (plural ovaria)

  1. (archaic) An ovary.

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Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin ōvārium.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ovaˈriʊm/
  • Rhymes: -ʊm, -m
  • Hyphenation: ova‧ri‧um

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ovarium (plural ovarium-ovarium, first-person possessive ovariumku, second-person possessive ovariummu, third-person possessive ovariumnya)

  1. (anatomy) ovary: A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

From ōvum (egg) +‎ -ārium.

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ōvārium n (genitive ōvāriī or ōvārī); second declension

  1. (anatomy) ovary

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ōvārium ōvāria
Genitive ōvāriī
ōvārī1
ōvāriōrum
Dative ōvāriō ōvāriīs
Accusative ōvārium ōvāria
Ablative ōvāriō ōvāriīs
Vocative ōvārium ōvāria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants edit

  • English: ovary
  • French: ovaire
  • German: Ovarium
  • Indonesian: ovarium
  • Portuguese: ovário
  • Spanish: ovario

References edit

  • ovarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål edit

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ovarium n (definite singular ovariet, indefinite plural ovarier, definite plural ovaria or ovariene)

  1. (anatomy) ovary
    Synonym: eggstokk

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ovarium n (definite singular ovariet, indefinite plural ovarium, definite plural ovaria)

  1. (anatomy) ovary
    Synonym: eggstokk

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ovarium

  1. ovary
    Synonym: äggstock
    Hypernym: könskörtel

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