ovate
English
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊ.veɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.veɪt/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈəʉ.væɪt/
Etymology 1
editoval + -ate, from Latin ovatus.
Adjective
editovate (comparative more ovate, superlative most ovate)
- Shaped like an egg.
- 1852, William Macgillivray, A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory, page 573:
- The Geese, Aɴsᴇʀɪɴᴁ, have the body ovate, the head small, the bill stout and somewhat conical; the legs rather long; the wings of great length and breadth.
- (botany, of leaves) With the broadest extremity near the base.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editshaped like an egg — see egg-shaped
botany, of leaves: broadest near the base
Noun
editovate (plural ovates)
- (archaeology) An egg-shaped hand axe.
- 2012, Paul Pettitt, Mark White, The British Palaeolithic, page 122:
- Slightly derived handaxes from the Mildenhall glaciofluvial sands, generally in fresh condition and dominated by ovates and cordates.
Etymology 2
editSee vates.
Noun
editovate (plural ovates)
- An Irish bard.
- A member at a certain grade of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.
- A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod.
Latin
editEtymology 1
editInflected form of ovātus, perfect passive participle of ovō (“rejoice, applaud”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /oˈu̯aː.te/, [oˈu̯äːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈva.te/, [oˈväːt̪e]
Participle
editovāte
Etymology 2
editInflected form of ōvātus, from ōvum (“egg”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /oːˈu̯aː.te/, [oːˈu̯äːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈva.te/, [oˈväːt̪e]
Adjective
editōvāte
Spanish
editVerb
editovate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of ovar combined with te
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