ovo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ovo"

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈovo/

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• Rhymes: -ovo
• Syllabification: o‧vo

Noun

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

1. egg

Derived terms

• kirlovaĵo
• ova
• ovaĵo

Further reading

• “ovo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “ovo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ovo, from Vulgar Latin *ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔbo/ [ˈɔ.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ɔbo

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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ovo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “ovo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vo/
• Rhymes: -ɔvo
• Hyphenation: ò‧vo

Noun

ovo m (plural ova f)

1. (central Italy, Romanesco, Tuscany) alternative form of uovo

Further reading

• 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. Compare Ancient Greek εὐάζω (euázō). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔ.woː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.vo]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		ovāre			ovārī			ovāns			—
future		ovātūrum esse			ovātum īrī			ovātūrus			ovandus
perfect		ovāvisse			ovātum esse			—			ovātus
future perfect		—			ovātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		ovātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		ovandī		ovandō		ovandum		ovandō		ovātum		ovātū

Derived terms

• ovālis
• ovanter
• ovātiō
• ovātus

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈoː.woː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.vo]

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.)
    

Lotha Naga

Etymology

From Proto-Central Naga *a-wa. Cognate to Chungli Ao to (“leaf”).

Noun

ovo

1. leaf

Further reading

• Department of Art & Culture, Government of Nagaland (2020), Lotha Bilingual Dictionary‎^[2], archived from the original on 15 August 2022, page 133
• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[3], Berkeley: University of California, page 183

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

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vu/

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

• (São Miguel, Azores) IPA^(key): [ˈuv]
• 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. (figuratively) booster seat
4. (figuratively) germ, incipient state
5. (figuratively) principle
6. (figuratively) origin
7. (colloquial) testicle

Derived terms

• babar ovo
• ovão
• ovar
• ovinho
• ovo de Páscoa
• ovos mexidos
• ovos-moles

Related terms

• ova
• ovíparo
• ovologia

Descendants

• → Saramaccan: óbo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vu/

 

• (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 Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ovo”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “ovo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “ovo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm

Proto-Italic *ōw(j)om

Latin ōvumlbor.

Spanish ovo

Learned borrowing from Latin ōvum. Doublet of huevo.

Noun

ovo m (plural ovos)

1. (architecture) egg-shaped decoration

Etymology 2

Verb

ovo

1. obsolete spelling of hubo

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ovo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ovar

Etymology 4

Noun

ovo m (plural ovos)

1. alternative form of obo

Further reading

• “ovo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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