ovation

See also: Ovation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oʊˈveɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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Etymology 1

From Latin ovationem, accusative of ovatio, from ovo (“I exult”).

Noun

ovation (plural ovations)

1. Prolonged enthusiastic applause.
   • 2019 September 10, Phil McNulty, “'England horribly fallible in defence' against Kosovo in Euro 2020 qualifying”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     everyone at Southampton enjoyed a thrilling Euro 2020 qualifier that led to a rousing ovation for both sides at the conclusion of England's chaotic 5-3 victory.

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:

     Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.

2. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph.

Derived terms

• standing ovation

Translations

prolonged enthusiastic applause

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱烈掌聲／热烈掌声, 热烈掌声 (rèliè zhǎngshēng)

• Dutch: ovatie (nl) f
• Finnish: suosionosoitukset
• French: ovation (fr) f
• German: Beifallssturm m, tosender Beifall m, Ovation (de) f
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• Hungarian: ováció
• Icelandic: lófatak (is) n, fagnaðarlæti n pl, hylling f
• Italian: ovazione (it) f, applauso (it) m
• Japanese: 喝采 (ja) (かっさい, kassai)
• Russian: ова́ция (ru) f (ovácija), бу́рные аплодисме́нты m pl (búrnyje aplodisménty)
• Spanish: ovación f

Etymology 2

Noun

ovation (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, rare) The act or state of laying eggs.
   • 1826, “The Sphex, or ichneumon wasp”, in Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine, and Annals of Philosophy:

     She continues the same labour till she has counted twelve, and deposited twelve caterpillars, one over another; and thus repeats the process of ovation and supply, till she has exhausted herself of her entire stock of eggs.

   • 1844, “February 28, Rev. Humphrey Lloyd, D. D., Vice-President, in the Chair”, in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (1841), page 222:

     Having considered their animal nature, and their primary formation, as involving the question of spontaneous generation, he described generally the methods of reproduction adopted in this class of animals, ad adduced the explanations and opinions offered by the best authorities on the subject, but particularly those of Bremner, Lænnec, and Owen, by which acephalocystic reproduction is referred to imperfect ovation or generation.

   • 1892, Frederick Vincent Theobald, An Account of British Flies (Diptera), page 203:

     Parthenogenetic reproduction, as a rule, takes place in the summer months, as seen in the Aphides, Crustacea (Daphnia), and Cecidomyiæ, where we see the asexual reproduction taking place during the summer, and at the approach of cold weather the process of ovation taking its place.

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ovatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.va.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

ovation f (plural ovations)

1. ovation

Further reading

• “ovation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.