ovary

English

Etymology

From New Latin ovarium, from Medieval Latin ovaria (“bird ovary”), from Latin ovum (“egg”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊvəɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊvəɹi/

Noun

ovary (plural ovaries)

1. (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.

2. (botany) The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.

Derived terms

• ovarian
• ovariectomy
• ovaritis

Translations

female organ

• Arabic: مِبْيَض m (mibyaḍ), مَبِيض m (mabīḍ)

  Egyptian Arabic: مبيض m (mabyaḍ)

• Armenian: ձվարան (hy) (jvaran)
• Asturian: ovariu (ast) m
• Basque: obulutegi
• Belarusian: яечнік m (jajéčnik)
• Bengali: ডিম্বাশয় (ḑimbashôẏa)
• Breton: vigell
• Bulgarian: яйчник m (jájčnik)
• Catalan: ovari (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卵巢 (zh) (luǎncháo)

• Czech: vaječník (cs) m
• Danish: æggestok (da)
• Dutch: eierstok (nl) m, ovarium (nl) n
• Esperanto: ovario
• Estonian: munasari
• Finnish: munasarja (fi)
• French: ovaire (fr) m
• Galician: ovario (gl) m
• German: Eierstock (de) m, Ovar (de) n, (rare) Ovarium n
• Greek: ωοθήκη (el) f (oothíki)
• Hebrew: שַׁחֲלָה (he) f (shakhala)
• Hindi: डिम्बग्रंथि (ḍimbagranthi)
• Hungarian: petefészek (hu)
• Icelandic: eggjastokkur (is)
• Indonesian: ovarium (id)
• Irish: ubhagán m, síollann f
• Italian: ovaia (it) f, ovaio m, ovario (it) m
• 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

botanical organ

• Asturian: ovariu (ast) m
• Catalan: ovari (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 子房 (zh) (zǐfáng)

• Czech: semeník (cs) m
• Finnish: sikiäin
• French: ovaire (fr) m
• German: Fruchtknoten m, Ovar (de) n, (rare) Ovarium n
• Greek: ωοθήκη (el) f (oothíki)

• Italian: ovario (it) m
• Japanese: 子房 (ja) (しぼう, shibō)
• Maori: wharekano
• Portuguese: ovário (pt) m
• Romanian: ovar (ro) n
• Russian: за́вязь (ru) f (závjazʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: ughlann f, ughag f
• Spanish: ovario (es) m
• Swedish: fruktämne n