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ovo

See also: óvo, ovo-, and óvó

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From Latin ōvum (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈovo]
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  • Rhymes: -ovo
  • Hyphenation: o‧vo

Noun

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ovo (accusative singular ovon, plural ovoj, accusative plural ovojn)

  1. egg

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese ovo, from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum.

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Noun

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ovo m (plural ovos)

  1. egg
    A galiña pón o ovo para proveito da muller.
    The hen lays the egg for the benefit of the woman.
  2. quartz stone pivot of a watermill
  3. spherical stone used as the lower pivot of the hinge of a traditional gate

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References

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  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ovo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ovo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “ovo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “ovo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “ovo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Esperanto ovo, French œuf, Italian uovo, Spanish huevo, from Latin ōvum (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

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Noun

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ovo (plural ovi)

  1. egg

Italian

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Noun

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ovo m (plural ova f)

  1. (Tuscany, Umbria) Alternative form of uovo

References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1132: “l'uovo; le uova” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Latin

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Etymology 1

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Onomatopoeic;(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) compare Ancient Greek εὐάζω (euázō).

Plutarch, in the life of Marcellus, claims that the name derives from celebration involving sacrifice of a sheep.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ovō (present infinitive ovāre, perfect active ovāvī, supine ovātum); first conjugation

  1. to exult, rejoice
    Synonyms: gaudeō, grātulor, congrātulor, exhilarō, exsultō, fruor
    Antonym: displiceō
  2. to applaud, celebrate with an ovation
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In Classical Latin, the verb is mainly found as a present participle, ovāns.[1] The perfect stem ovāv- is attested only post-Classically.

Conjugation
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   Conjugation of ovō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ovō ovās ovat ovāmus ovātis ovant
imperfect ovābam ovābās ovābat ovābāmus ovābātis ovābant
future ovābō ovābis ovābit ovābimus ovābitis ovābunt
perfect ovāvī ovāvistī ovāvit ovāvimus ovāvistis ovāvērunt,
ovāvēre
pluperfect ovāveram ovāverās ovāverat ovāverāmus ovāverātis ovāverant
future perfect ovāverō ovāveris ovāverit ovāverimus ovāveritis ovāverint
passive present ovor ovāris,
ovāre 		ovātur ovāmur ovāminī ovantur
imperfect ovābar ovābāris,
ovābāre 		ovābātur ovābāmur ovābāminī ovābantur
future ovābor ovāberis,
ovābere 		ovābitur ovābimur ovābiminī ovābuntur
perfect ovātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect ovātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect ovātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ovem ovēs ovet ovēmus ovētis ovent
imperfect ovārem ovārēs ovāret ovārēmus ovārētis ovārent
perfect ovāverim ovāverīs ovāverit ovāverīmus ovāverītis ovāverint
pluperfect ovāvissem ovāvissēs ovāvisset ovāvissēmus ovāvissētis ovāvissent
passive present over ovēris,
ovēre 		ovētur ovēmur ovēminī oventur
imperfect ovārer ovārēris,
ovārēre 		ovārētur ovārēmur ovārēminī ovārentur
perfect ovātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect ovātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — ovā — — ovāte —
future — ovātō ovātō — ovātōte ovantō
passive present — ovāre — — ovāminī —
future — ovātor ovātor — — ovantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives ovāre ovāvisse ovātūrum esse ovārī ovātum esse ovātum īrī
participles ovāns — ovātūrus — ovātus ovandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ovandī ovandō ovandum ovandō ovātum ovātū
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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ōvō

  1. dative/ablative singular of ōvum

References

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  • “ovo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ovo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ovo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
  1. ^ “ouō” on page 1278 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Mountain Koiari

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Noun

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ovo

  1. pig

References

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  • Roger and Susan Garland. Mountain Koiali - English Dictionary. Ukarumpa: SIL, Ms. 38pp. (1983).

Norwegian Bokmål

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Adverb

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ovo

  1. Only used in ab ovo (“ab ovo”)
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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum. Found in the Cantigas de Santa Maria.[1]

Noun

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ovo m (plural ovos)

  1. egg

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  • Fala: ovu
  • Galician: ovo
  • Portuguese: ovo

References

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  1. ^ Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ovo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese ovo, from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum. Doublet of ova.

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  • Rhymes: -ovu, (Northern Portugal) -obu
  • Hyphenation: o‧vo

Noun

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ovo m (plural ovos, metaphonic)

  1. (biology) egg (cell that results from the fertilization of the female gamete by the male gamete)
  2. (biology) egg (rounded body produced by oviparous females consisting of a membrane and outer shell that contains the embryo)
    1. this body, particularly that of chickens, when it has not yet been fertilized and is intended for food
  3. chair to transport a baby from birth until it reaches around ten, or at most thirteen, kilos in weight (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
  4. (figuratively) germ, incipient state
  5. (figuratively) principle
  6. (figuratively) origin
  7. (colloquial) testicle
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɔvu, (Northern Portugal) -ɔbu
  • Hyphenation: o‧vo

Verb

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ovo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ovar

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronoun

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òvō (Cyrillic spelling о̀во̄)

  1. neuter nominative singular of ovaj
  2. neuter accusative singular of ovaj

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈobo/ [ˈo.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -obo
  • Syllabification: o‧vo

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin ōvum. Doublet of huevo.

Noun

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ovo m (plural ovos)

  1. (architecture) egg-shaped decoration

Etymology 2

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Verb

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ovo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ovar

Etymology 3

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Verb

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ovo

  1. Obsolete spelling of hubo.

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Umbundu

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Pronoun

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ovo

  1. they (third-person plural pronoun)

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Umbundu personal pronouns
singular plural
first-person ame etu
second-person ove ene
third-person eye ovo

Venetian

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Noun

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ovo m (plural ovi or uvi)

  1. Alternative spelling of òvo (“egg”)
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