ovate

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈəʊveɪt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈoʊveɪt/

Etymology 1

oval + -ate, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ovatus.

Ovate leaf form

Adjective

ovate (comparative more ovate, superlative most ovate)

1. Shaped like an egg.
2. (botany, of leaves) With the broadest extremity near the base.

Synonyms

• egg-shaped
• ovoid

Derived terms

• obovate

Translations

shaped like an egg — see egg-shaped

botany, of leaves: broadest near the base

• Finnish: puikea (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Etymology 2

See vates

Noun

ovate (plural ovates)

1. An Irish bard.
2. A member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.
3. A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod.

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Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected form of ovātus, perfect passive participle of ovō (“rejoice, applaud”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈu̯aː.te/, [oˈu̯äːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈva.te/, [oˈväːt̪e]

Participle

(deprecated template usage) ovāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ovātus

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ōvātus, from ōvum (“egg”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oːˈu̯aː.te/, [oːˈu̯äːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈva.te/, [oˈväːt̪e]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) ōvāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ōvātus