ovulation

See also: Ovulation

English

Etymology

From ovulate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɒvjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
(US) IPA^(key): /ɑvjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

ovulation (countable and uncountable, plural ovulations)

(physiology) The release of an ovum from an ovary.

Translations

release of an ovum from the ovary

Chinese:
Mandarin: 排卵 (zh) (páiluǎn)
Finnish: ovulaatio (fi)
French: ovulation (fr) f
German: Ovulation (de) f
Icelandic: egglos (is) n
Irish: ubhsceitheadh m
Italian: ovulazione (it) f
Japanese: 排卵 (はいらん, hairan)
Korean: 배란 (ko) (baeran)

Malay:
Jawi: ڤڠوۏومن‎‎

Rumi: pengovuman
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ovulasjon m, eggløsning m, f

Nynorsk: ovulasjon m, eggløysing f
Portuguese: ovulação (pt) f
Russian: овуля́ция (ru) f (ovuljácija)
Swedish: ägglossning (sv) c, ovulation (sv)
Tagalog: saitlog

References

ovulation at OneLook Dictionary Search
ovulation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

French

Etymology

From ovule +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔvylasjɔ̃/

Noun

ovulation f (plural ovulations)

ovulation

Further reading

“ovulation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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