oval

See also: Oval and ovál

English

Etymology

From Late Latin ovalis, from ovum; cognate with French and Italian ovale, Dutch ovaal. From 1570.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊvəl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊvəl/
  • Rhymes: -əʊvəl

Noun

oval (plural ovals)

  1. A shape rather like an egg or an ellipse.
  2. A sporting arena etc. of this shape.
  3. (mathematics) In a projective plane, a set of points, no three collinear, such that there is a unique tangent line at each point. (A tangent line is defined as a line meeting the point set at only one point, also known as a 1-secant.)

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Translations

Adjective

oval (comparative more oval, superlative most oval)

  1. Having the shape of an oval.
  2. Of or pertaining to an ovum.
    oval conceptions

Usage notes

The adjectives oval, ovate, and ovoid all come from roots meaning "egg-shaped". They are usually denotatively synonymous. A connotation of one end being bigger than the other (which is often true of eggs) may or may not be implied. Of the three, oval is the one mostly likely to connote a symmetrical ellipse.

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Anagrams

Asturian

Adjective

oval (epicene, plural ovales)

  1. oval (oval-shaped)

Synonyms

Catalan

Etymology

ou +‎ -al

Adjective

oval (masculine and feminine plural ovals)

  1. oval

Noun

oval m (plural ovals)

  1. oval

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

oval (comparative ovaler, superlative am ovalsten)

  1. oval

Synonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ovalis, from ovum (“egg”)

Adjective

oval (neuter singular ovalt, definite singular and plural ovale)

  1. oval

Noun

oval m (definite singular ovalen, indefinite plural ovaler, definite plural ovalene)

  1. an oval

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References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ovalis, from ovum (“egg”)

Adjective

oval (neuter singular ovalt, definite singular and plural ovale)

  1. oval

Noun

oval m (definite singular ovalen, indefinite plural ovalar, definite plural ovalane)

  1. an oval

References

Portuguese

Adjective

oval m, f (plural ovais, comparable)

  1. oval (shaped like an egg)

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Spanish

Adjective

oval (plural ovales)

  1. oval (shaped like an oval)

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