ovo

See also: óvo, ovo-, and óvó

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈovo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ovo
• Hyphenation: o‧vo

Noun

ovo (accusative singular ovon, plural ovoj, accusative plural ovojn)

1. egg

Derived terms

• kirlovaĵo
• ova
• ovaĵo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ovo, from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔ.βʊ]

Noun

ovo m (plural ovos)

1. egg

   A galiña pón o ovo para proveito da muller.

   The hen lays the egg for the benefit of the woman.

2. quartz stone pivot of a watermill
3. spherical stone used as the lower pivot of the hinge of a traditional gate

Coordinate terms

• casca
• clara
• xema

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ovo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ovo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ovo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ovo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ovo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto ovo, French œuf, Italian uovo, Spanish huevo, from Latin ōvum (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.vo/

Noun

ovo (plural ovi)

1. egg

Italian

Noun

ovo m (plural ova f)

1. (Tuscany, Umbria) Alternative form of uovo

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1132: “l'uovo; le uova” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Latin

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic;(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) compare Ancient Greek εὐάζω (euázō).

Plutarch, in the life of Marcellus, claims that the name derives from celebration involving sacrifice of a sheep.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈo.u̯oː/, [ˈou̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vo/, [ˈɔːvo]

Verb

ovō (present infinitive ovāre, perfect active ovāvī, supine ovātum); first conjugation

1. to exult, rejoice

   Synonyms: gaudeō, grātulor, congrātulor, exhilarō, exsultō, fruor

   Antonym: displiceō

2. to applaud, celebrate with an ovation

Usage notes

In Classical Latin, the verb is mainly found as a present participle, ovāns. The perfect stem ovāv- is attested only post-Classically.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ovō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ovō	ovās	ovat	ovāmus	ovātis	ovant
	imperfect	ovābam	ovābās	ovābat	ovābāmus	ovābātis	ovābant
	future	ovābō	ovābis	ovābit	ovābimus	ovābitis	ovābunt
	perfect	ovāvī	ovāvistī	ovāvit	ovāvimus	ovāvistis	ovāvērunt, ovāvēre
	pluperfect	ovāveram	ovāverās	ovāverat	ovāverāmus	ovāverātis	ovāverant
	future perfect	ovāverō	ovāveris	ovāverit	ovāverimus	ovāveritis	ovāverint
passive	present	ovor	ovāris, ovāre	ovātur	ovāmur	ovāminī	ovantur
	imperfect	ovābar	ovābāris, ovābāre	ovābātur	ovābāmur	ovābāminī	ovābantur
	future	ovābor	ovāberis, ovābere	ovābitur	ovābimur	ovābiminī	ovābuntur
	perfect	ovātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ovātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ovātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ovem	ovēs	ovet	ovēmus	ovētis	ovent
imperfect	ovārem	ovārēs	ovāret	ovārēmus	ovārētis	ovārent
perfect	ovāverim	ovāverīs	ovāverit	ovāverīmus	ovāverītis	ovāverint
pluperfect	ovāvissem	ovāvissēs	ovāvisset	ovāvissēmus	ovāvissētis	ovāvissent
passive	present	over	ovēris, ovēre	ovētur	ovēmur	ovēminī	oventur
imperfect	ovārer	ovārēris, ovārēre	ovārētur	ovārēmur	ovārēminī	ovārentur
perfect	ovātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	ovātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ovā	—	—	ovāte	—
	future	—	ovātō	ovātō	—	ovātōte	ovantō
passive	present	—	ovāre	—	—	ovāminī	—
	future	—	ovātor	ovātor	—	—	ovantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ovāre	ovāvisse	ovātūrum esse	ovārī	ovātum esse	ovātum īrī
participles		ovāns	—	ovātūrus	—	ovātus	ovandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ovandī	ovandō	ovandum	ovandō	ovātum	ovātū

Derived terms

• ovālis
• ovanter
• ovātiō
• ovātus

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.u̯oː/, [ˈoːu̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vo/, [ˈɔːvo]

Noun

ōvō

1. dative/ablative singular of ōvum

References

• “ovo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ovo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ovo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
    

Mountain Koiari

Noun

ovo

1. pig

References

• Roger and Susan Garland. Mountain Koiali - English Dictionary. Ukarumpa: SIL, Ms. 38pp. (1983).

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːʋɔ/

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• Rhymes: -oːʋɔ
• Hyphenation: ov‧o

Adverb

ovo

1. Only used in ab ovo (“ab ovo”)

Related terms

• -ovo

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum. Found in the Cantigas de Santa Maria.

Noun

ovo m (plural ovos)

1. egg

Descendants

• Fala: ovu
• Galician: ovo
• Portuguese: ovo

Portuguese

ovo

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ovo, from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum. Doublet of ova.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vu/

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

• Rhymes: -ovu, (Northern Portugal) -obu
• Hyphenation: o‧vo

Noun

ovo m (plural ovos, metaphonic)

1. (biology) egg (cell that results from the fertilization of the female gamete by the male gamete)
2. (biology) egg (rounded body produced by oviparous females consisting of a membrane and outer shell that contains the embryo)
   1. this body, particularly that of chickens, when it has not yet been fertilized and is intended for food
      • 1991, Nelson Nadotti, 0:12:47 from the start, in Mário Márcio Bandarra, director, Inspetor Faustão e o Mallandro: A Missão (Primeira e Única), spoken by Inspetor Faustão (Fausto Silva), Rio de Janeiro: Xuxa Produções:

        Você destruiu o meu ovo! Vou almoçar onde?

        You destroyed my egg! Where am I going to have lunch?

3. chair to transport a baby from birth until it reaches around ten, or at most thirteen, kilos in weight (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
4. (figuratively) germ, incipient state
5. (figuratively) principle
6. (figuratively) origin
7. (colloquial) testicle

Related terms

• ova

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vu/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vu/

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

• Rhymes: -ɔvu, (Northern Portugal) -ɔbu
• Hyphenation: o‧vo

Verb

ovo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ovar

Further reading

• “ovo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “ovo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒʋoː/

Pronoun

òvō (Cyrillic spelling о̀во̄)

1. neuter nominative singular of ovaj
2. neuter accusative singular of ovaj

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈobo/ [ˈo.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -obo
• Syllabification: o‧vo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ōvum. Doublet of huevo.

Noun

ovo m (plural ovos)

1. (architecture) egg-shaped decoration

Etymology 2

Verb

ovo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ovar

Etymology 3

Verb

ovo

1. Obsolete spelling of hubo.

Further reading

• “ovo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Umbundu

Pronoun

ovo

1. they (third-person plural pronoun)

See also

Umbundu personal pronouns

	singular	plural
first-person	ame	etu
second-person	ove	ene
third-person	eye	ovo

Venetan

Noun

ovo m (plural ovi or uvi)

1. Alternative spelling of òvo (“egg”)