ovule

See also: ovulé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ovule (“ovum”), from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of ovolo.

Noun

ovule (plural ovules)

1. (botany) The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments.
2. (zoology) An immature ovum in mammals.

Translations

botany: structure that develops into a seed

• Bulgarian: неоплодена пъпка (neoplodena pǎpka)
• Catalan: òvul (ca) m
• Dutch: zaadknop (nl) m
• Finnish: siemenaihe (fi)
• French: ovule (fr) f

• Japanese: 胚珠 (ja) (haishu)
• Korean: 밑씨 (mitssi)
• Russian: семяпо́чка (ru) f (semjapóčka), семязача́ток (ru) m (semjazačátok), яйцекле́тка (ru) f (jajceklétka)
• Spanish: óvulo (es) m
• Swedish: fröämne n, fröanlag n
• Vietnamese: noãn (vi)

zoology: immature ovum

• Bulgarian: яйцеклетка (jajcekletka)
• Catalan: òvul (ca) m
• Finnish: oosyytti (fi), ovosyytti

• French: ^{(please verify)} ovule (fr) f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Eizelle (de)
• Spanish: óvulo (es) m

Anagrams

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French

Etymology

Latin ōvum (“egg”) +‎ -ule (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.vyl/

• Audio (Switzerland)

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• Homophones: ovulent, ovules

Noun

ovule m (plural ovules)

1. (biology) ovum
2. (pharmacology) ovule (dosage form)

   Marvin avait avalé 1 kilo de poudre blanche, soit 105 petits ovules plastifiés.

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Verb

ovule

1. inflection of ovuler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “ovule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Portuguese

Verb

ovule

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of ovular
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of ovular
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of ovular
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of ovular

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Spanish

Verb

ovule

1. inflection of ovular:
   1. first-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative