English[edit]
Wikipedia
Etymology[edit]
From New Latin ovarium, from Medieval Latin ovaria (“bird ovary”), from Latin ovum (“egg”)
Pronunciation[edit]
ovary (plural ovaries)
- (anatomy) A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
- The male testicles are homologous to the female ovaries.
- (botany) The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
female organ
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- Japanese: 卵巣 (ja) (らんそう, ransō)
- Korean: 난소 (ko) (nanso) (卵巢 (ko))
- Latvian: olnīca f
- Lithuanian: kiaušìdė f
- Macedonian: јајчник m (jájčnik)
- Marathi: अंडाशय m (aṇḍāśay), बीजांडकोश m (bījāṇḍkoś)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: eggstokk m
- Nynorsk: eggstokk m
- Persian: تخمدان (toxm-dân)
- Polish: jajnik (pl) m
- Portuguese: ovário (pt) m
- Romanian: ovar (ro)
- Russian: яи́чник (ru) m (jaíčnik) (pronounced: jaíšnik)
- Scottish Gaelic: ughag f, ughlann f, uigheagan m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: јајник m, овариј m, оваријум m
- Roman: jajnik (sh) m, ovarij (sh) m, ovarijum m
- Slovak: vaječník (sk) m
- Slovene: jájčnik (sl) m
- Spanish: ovario (es) m
- Swedish: äggstock (sv)
- Tagalog: bahay-itlog, obaryo, itlugan
- Tamil: சூலகம் (cūlakam)
- Telugu: అండాశయము (te) (aṃḍāśayamu)
- Thai: รังไข่ (rang kài)
- Turkish: yumurtalık (tr)
- Ukrainian: яєчник (uk) m (jajéčnyk)
- Vietnamese: buồng trứng (vi)
- Welsh: ofari
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