óvulo

See also: ovulo, ovuló, and ovulò

Portuguese

óvulo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vu.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vu.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vu.lo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vu.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vu.lu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.bu.lu/ [ˈɔ.βu.lu]

• Hyphenation: ó‧vu‧lo

Noun

óvulo m (plural óvulos)

1. (cytology, embryology) ovum; egg cell (female gamete in animals)

Related terms

• ovo
• ovulação
• ovulado
• ovular

Further reading

• “óvulo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “óvulo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈobulo/ [ˈo.β̞u.lo]

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• Rhymes: -obulo
• Syllabification: ó‧vu‧lo

Noun

óvulo m (plural óvulos)

1. (zoology) ovule (immature ovum)
2. (botany) ovule

Further reading

• “óvulo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025