ovate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Latin ovatus
[edit] Adjective
ovate (not comparable)
- Shaped like an egg.
- (botany) Egg-shaped, with the broadest extremity near the base.
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[edit] Translations
egg-shaped — see egg-shaped
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology 1
Inflected form of ovātus, perfect passive participle of ovō (“rejoice, applaud”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Participle
ovāte
- vocative masculine singular of ovātus
[edit] Etymology 2
Inflected form of õvātus, from ōvum (“egg”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
ōvāte
- vocative masculine singular of ōvātus
