ovarium

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See also: Ovarium

English

Etymology

From New Latin. Doublet of ovary.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ə(ʊ)ˈvɛːrɪəm/

Noun

ovarium (plural ovaria)

  1. (archaic) An ovary.

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Indonesian

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ōvārium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ovaˈriʊm/
  • Rhymes: -ʊm, -m
  • Hyphenation: ova‧ri‧um

Noun

ovarium (plural ovarium-ovarium, first-person possessive ovariumku, second-person possessive ovariummu, third-person possessive ovariumnya)

  1. (anatomy) ovary: A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

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Latin

Etymology

From ōvum (“egg”) +‎ -ārium.

Pronunciation

Noun

ōvārium n (genitive ōvāriī or ōvārī); second declension

  1. (anatomy) ovary

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative ōvārium ōvāria
genitive ōvāriī
ōvārī1 		ōvāriōrum
dative ōvāriō ōvāriīs
accusative ōvārium ōvāria
ablative ōvāriō ōvāriīs
vocative ōvārium ōvāria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • → English: ovary
  • → French: ovaire
  • → German: Ovarium
  • → Indonesian: ovarium
  • → Portuguese: ovário
  • → Spanish: ovario

References

  • ovarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ovarium n (definite singular ovariet, indefinite plural ovarier, definite plural ovaria or ovariene)

  1. (anatomy) ovary
    Synonym: eggstokk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ovarium n (definite singular ovariet, indefinite plural ovarium, definite plural ovaria)

  1. (anatomy) ovary
    Synonym: eggstokk

Swedish

Noun

ovarium

  1. ovary
    Synonym: äggstock
    Hypernym: könskörtel

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