Esperanto

Noun

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

1. egg

Derived terms

• ova

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ovo ‎(“egg”), from Latin ōvum ‎(“egg”),

Noun

ovo m ‎(plural ovos)

1. egg

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vɔ/ or IPA^(key): /ˈo.vo/

Noun

ovo (plural ovi)

1. egg

Italian

Noun

ovo m ‎(plural ova, feminine)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of uovo

Latin

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic; compare Ancient Greek εὐάζω ‎(euázō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.woː/

Verb

ovō ‎(present infinitive ovāre, perfect active ovāvī, supine ovātum); first conjugation

1. I exult, rejoice.
2. I applaud, celebrate with an ovation.

Inflection

Derived terms

• ovālis
• ovanter
• ovātiō
• ovātus

Etymology 2

From ōvum ‎(“egg”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.woː/

Noun

ōvō

1. dative singular of ōvum
2. 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ovo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) from beginning to end: ab ovo usque ad mala (proverb.)
    

Portuguese

ovo

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ovo ‎(“egg”), from Latin ōvum ‎(“egg”), from Proto-Italic *ōwom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm ‎(“egg”), likely a derivative of *h₂éwis ‎(“bird”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vu/
• Hyphenation: o‧vo

Noun

ovo m (plural ovos)

1. egg
2. (slang) testicle

Related terms

• ova

Umbundu

Pronoun

ovo

1. they (third-person plural pronoun)

See also

Venetian

Alternative forms

• óvo

Etymology

From Latin ōvum. Compare Italian uovo.

Noun

ovo m (plural ovi or uvi)

1. egg