ovary

English

Etymology

From New Latin ovarium, from Medieval Latin ovaria (“bird ovary”), from Latin ovum (“egg”). Doublet of ovarium.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊvəɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊvəɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

ovary (plural ovaries)

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

   The male testicles are homologous to the female ovaries.

2. (botany) The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.

Synonyms

• ovarium

Hypernyms

• internal genitalia

Derived terms

• Chinese hamster ovary cell
• ovarian
• ovariectomy
• ovaritis
• polycystic ovary syndrome

Translations

female organ

• Arabic: مِبْيَض m (mibyaḍ), مَبِيض m (mabīḍ)

  Egyptian Arabic: مبيض m (mabyaḍ)

• Armenian: ձվարան (hy) (jvaran)
• Asturian: ovariu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: yumurtalıq
• Basque: obulutegi
• Belarusian: яе́чнік m (jajéčnik)
• Bengali: ডিম্বাশয় (bn) (ḍimbaśoẏ)
• Breton: vigell
• Bulgarian: я́йчник m (jájčnik)
• Catalan: ovari (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 卵巢 (leon² caau⁴)

  Mandarin: 卵巢 (zh) (luǎncháo)

• Czech: vaječník (cs) m
• Danish: æggestok (da)
• Dhivehi: ބިސްރަވަ (bisrava)
• Dutch: eierstok (nl) m, ovarium (nl) n, vruchtbeginsel (nl)
• Esperanto: ovario, ovujo
• Estonian: munasari (et)
• Finnish: munasarja (fi)
• French: ovaire (fr) m
• Galician: ovario (gl) m
• German: Eierstock (de) m, Ovar (de) n, (rare) Ovarium (de) n
• Greek: ωοθήκη (el) f (oothíki)
• Hebrew: שַׁחֲלָה (he) f (shakhala)
• Hindi: डिम्बग्रंथि f (ḍimbagranthi)
• Hungarian: petefészek (hu)
• Icelandic: eggjastokkur (is)
• Indonesian: ovarium (id)
• Irish: ubhagán m, síollann f
• Italian: ovaia (it) f, ovaio m, ovario (it) m
• Japanese: 卵巣 (ja) (らんそう, ransō)
• Kazakh: аналық без (analyq bez)
• Khmer: អូវែ (km) (ʼouvɛɛ)
• Korean: 난소(卵巢) (ko) (nanso)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: hêkdank (ku) f

• Latvian: olnīca f
• Lithuanian: kiauši̇̀dė f
• Macedonian: јајчник m (jajčnik)
• Malay: اوۏاري (ovari)
• Maori: wharekano
• Marathi: अंडाशय m (aṇḍāśay), बीजांडकोश m (bījāṇḍkoś)
• Mongolian: өндгөвч (mn) (öndgövč)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: eggstokk m

  Nynorsk: eggstokk m

• Persian: تخم‌دان (toxm-dân)
• Polish: jajnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: ovário (pt) m
• Romanian: ovar (ro)
• Russian: яи́чник (ru) m (jaíčnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: ughag f, ughlann f, uigheagan m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јајник m, овариј m, оваријум m

  Roman: jajnik (sh) m, ovarij (sh) m, ovarijum m

• Slovak: vaječník (sk) m
• Slovene: jájčnik (sl) m
• Spanish: ovario (es) m
• Swahili: ovari
• Swedish: äggstock (sv)
• Tagalog: bahay-itlog, obaryo, itlugan
• Tamil: சூலகம் (cūlakam)
• Telugu: అండాశయము (te) (aṇḍāśayamu)
• Thai: รังไข่ (th) (rang-kài)
• Turkish: yumurtalık (tr)
• Ukrainian: яє́чник (uk) m (jajéčnyk)
• Uzbek: toxumdon
• Vietnamese: buồng trứng (vi)
• Welsh: ofari m, wyfa f

botanical organ

• Asturian: ovariu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: çağala, yumurtalıq
• Catalan: ovari (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 子房 (zh) (zǐfáng)

• Czech: semeník (cs) m
• Finnish: sikiäin (fi)
• French: ovaire (fr) m
• Galician: ovario (gl) m
• German: Fruchtknoten m, Ovar (de) n, (rare) Ovarium (de) n
• Greek: ωοθήκη (el) f (oothíki)
• Hungarian: magház (hu)
• Italian: ovario (it) m
• Japanese: 子房 (ja) (しぼう, shibō)
• Latvian: sēklotne f
• Maori: wharekano
• Portuguese: ovário (pt) m
• Romanian: ovar (ro) n
• Russian: за́вязь (ru) f (závjazʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: ughlann f, ughag f
• Spanish: ovario (es) m
• Swedish: fruktämne n
• Thai: รังไข่ (th) (rang-kài)
• Welsh: wyfa f, ofari m