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oven

See also: Oven, oven-, and övén

English edit

 
A man using an oven of a pizzeria.

Etymology edit

From Middle English oven, from Old English ofn, from Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz (compare Dutch oven, Low German Aven, West Frisian ûne, German Ofen, Danish ovn, Norwegian Bokmål ovn, Norwegian Nynorsk omn, Swedish ugn, Icelandic ofn, Finnish uuni, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *aukw- (“cooking pot”), *Hukʷ-, *ukwnos (compare Sanskrit उखा (ukhā), Albanian anë, Latin aulla, olla, Ancient Greek ἰπνός (ipnós)).

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Noun edit

oven (plural ovens)

  1. A chamber used for baking or heating.
  2. (colloquial) A very hot place.
    • 2011, Vern Shutz, Memoirs of a Left Hander, page 96:
      The ballroom that evening was an absolute oven. I probably perspired more dancing then during the afternoon ballgame.

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Verb edit

oven (third-person singular simple present ovens, present participle ovening, simple past and past participle ovened)

  1. (transitive, colloquial, informal) To cook in an oven
    I'm gonna oven the pie for about 30 minutes, mate.

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Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch ōven, from Old Dutch *ovan, from Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *ufnaz.

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Noun edit

oven m (plural ovens, diminutive oventje n)

  1. oven, furnace
    De bakker bakte het verse brood in de oven.
    The baker baked the fresh bread in the oven.
    De smelterij had verschillende grote ovens om metaal te smelten.
    The foundry had several large furnaces to melt metal.
    Na het koken, liet ze het gerecht afkoelen in een kleine oven die op het aanrecht stond.
    After cooking, she let the dish cool down in a small oven placed on the countertop.

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Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: oond
  • Negerhollands: oven
  • → Caribbean Javanese: ofen
  • → Indonesian: oven
  • → Sranan Tongo: onfu

Finnish edit

Noun edit

oven

  1. genitive singular of ovi

Indonesian edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Dutch oven, from Middle Dutch oven, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈo.vən]
  • Hyphenation: o‧vên

Noun edit

oven or ovên

  1. oven, a chamber used for baking or heating.
  2. stove, hearth
    Synonyms: tungku, dapur, perapian
  3. furnace
    Synonym: tanur

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Slovene edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas.

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Noun edit

óvən m anim

  1. ram (male sheep)

Inflection edit

 
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. ôven
gen. sing. ôvna
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		ôven ôvna ôvni
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		ôvna ôvnov ôvnov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		ôvnu ôvnoma ôvnom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		ôvna ôvna ôvne
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		ôvnu ôvnih ôvnih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		ôvnom ôvnoma ôvni

Further reading edit

  • “oven”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “oven”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

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Verb edit

oven

  1. inflection of ovar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative
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