ovum
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ōva gallīnārum ― hens' eggs
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of egg, ey, huevo, and oeuf.
Pronunciation
Noun
ovum (plural ova)
- (cytology) The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.
- Synonyms: egg cell, egg, megagamete
- Hypernym: gamete
- Coordinate term: spermatozoon
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
gamete
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See also
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay ovum, from Latin ōvum.
Pronunciation
Noun
ovum (plural ovum-ovum)
- (cytology) ovum (gamete)
- Synonym: sel telur
- 2018, “Lahir Mata Satir”, performed by Deadsquad:
- Terbentuk dari ovum yang hina
Dibuahi sperma dan ludah
Diberkati jiwa yang cacat- Formed from despised ovum
Fertilized sperm and saliva
Blessed with defective soul
- Formed from despised ovum
Related terms
Further reading
- “ovum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
Romanization
ovum
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *ōwom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).[1][2] Cognate with Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈoː.u̯um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.vum/,
Noun
ōvum n (genitive ōvī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ōvum | ōva |
| genitive | ōvī | ōvōrum |
| dative | ōvō | ōvīs |
| accusative | ōvum | ōva |
| ablative | ōvō | ōvīs |
| vocative | ōvum | ōva |
Derived terms
Related terms
- avis (“bird”)
Descendants
(Balkan and Insular Romance forms may derive from *ŏvum)
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ō(u̯)i̯-om”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 783
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ōvum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 438
Further reading
- “ovum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ovum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ovum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ovum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
- (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
- “ovum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English ovum, from Latin ōvum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm, likely a derivative of *h₂éwis.
Pronunciation
Noun
ovum (Jawi spelling اوۏوم, plural ovum-ovum, informal 1st possessive ovumku, 2nd possessive ovummu, 3rd possessive ovumnya)