oven

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʌ.vn̩/

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• Rhymes: -ʌvən

Noun

oven (plural ovens)

1. A chamber used for baking or heating.

Further reading

• oven on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• oven in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• oven in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• oven at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Veno, nevo-, veno-

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz (compare Low German Aven, West Frisian ûne, German Ofen, English oven, Danish ovn, Swedish ugn, Icelandic ofn, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns)), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *aukw- (“cooking pot”), *Hukʷ-, *ukwnos.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -oːvən

Noun

oven m (plural ovens, diminutive oventje n)

1. oven

See also

• kachel

Noun

oven

1. Genitive singular form of ovi.

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ̀ːʋən/
• Tonal orthography: óvən

Noun

ôven m anim (genitive ôvna, nominative plural ôvni)

1. ram (male sheep)

Verb

oven

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of ovar.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of ovar.
3. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of ovar.