ovarium

See also: Ovarium

English

Etymology

New Latin. Doublet of ovary.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ə(ʊ)ˈvɛːrɪəm/

Noun

ovarium (plural ovaria)

  1. An ovary.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ovarium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Indonesian

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.

Alternative forms

Synonyms
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Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From ōvum (“egg”) +‎ -ārium.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /oːˈu̯aː.ri.um/, [oːˈu̯äːriʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈva.ri.um/, [oˈväːrium]

Noun

ōvārium n (genitive ōvāriī or ōvārī); second declension

  1. (anatomy) ovary

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case 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

Further reading
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