oven

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See also: Oven, oven-, and övén

English

A man using an oven of a pizzeria.

Etymology

From Middle English oven, from Old English ofn, from Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz (compare Dutch oven, Low German Aven, West Frisian ûne, German Ofen, Danish ovn, Norwegian Bokmål ovn, Norwegian Nynorsk omn, Swedish ugn, Icelandic ofn, Finnish uuni, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *aukw- (cooking pot), *Hukʷ-, *ukwnos (compare Sanskrit उखा (ukhā), Albanian anë, Latin aulla, olla, Ancient Greek ἰπνός (ipnós)).

Pronunciation

Noun

oven (plural ovens)

  1. A chamber used for baking or heating.
  2. (colloquial) A very hot place.
    • 2011, Vern Shutz, Memoirs of a Left Hander, page 96:
      The ballroom that evening was an absolute oven. I probably perspired more dancing then during the afternoon ballgame.

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Translations

Verb

oven (third-person singular simple present ovens, present participle ovening, simple past and past participle ovened)

  1. (transitive, colloquial, informal) To cook in an oven
    I'm gonna oven the pie for about 30 minutes, mate.

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Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ōven, from Old Dutch *ovan, from Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *ufnaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

oven m (plural ovens, diminutive oventje n)

  1. oven, furnace
    De bakker bakte het verse brood in de oven.
    The baker baked the fresh bread in the oven.
    De smelterij had verschillende grote ovens om metaal te smelten.
    The foundry had several large furnaces to melt metal.
    Na het koken, liet ze het gerecht afkoelen in een kleine oven die op het aanrecht stond.
    After cooking, she let the dish cool down in a small oven placed on the countertop.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: oond
  • Negerhollands: oven
  • Caribbean Javanese: ofen
  • Indonesian: oven
  • Sranan Tongo: onfu

Finnish

Noun

oven

  1. genitive singular of ovi

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch oven, from Middle Dutch oven, from Old Dutch , from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: o‧vên

Noun

oven or ovên

  1. oven, a chamber used for baking or heating.
  2. stove, hearth
    Synonyms: tungku, dapur, perapian
  3. furnace
    Synonym: tanur

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Derived terms

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas.

Pronunciation

Noun

óvən m anim

  1. ram (male sheep)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. ôven
gen. sing. ôvna
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
ôven ôvna ôvni
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
ôvna ôvnov ôvnov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
ôvnu ôvnoma ôvnom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
ôvna ôvna ôvne
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
ôvnu ôvnih ôvnih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
ôvnom ôvnoma ôvni

Further reading

  • oven”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • oven”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Spanish

Verb

oven

  1. inflection of ovar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative