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ogive

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊɡaɪv/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊd͡ʒaɪv/
  • General-American: /ˈoʊɡaɪv/
  • General-American: /ˈoʊd͡ʒaɪv/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The curve of a cumulative distribution function.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cumulative frequency polygon

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A Gothic pointed arch, or a rib of a Gothic vault.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: architecture

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The pointed, curved nose of a bullet, missile, or rocket.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ballistics, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, politics, tools, war, weaponry

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A three-dimensional wave-bulge, characteristic of glaciers that have experienced extreme underlying topographic change.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nose cone

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: front

History

Etymology

From late Middle English ogif, egeve, egeove, from Old French ogive, œgive, augive. Doublet of ogee.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: summakäyrä — curve of a cumulative function
  • French: ogive — curve of a cumulative function
  • German: Ogive — curve of a cumulative function
  • Occitan: ogiva — curve of a cumulative function
  • Polish: ogiw — curve of a cumulative function
  • Russian: оги́ва (ogíva) — curve of a cumulative function
  • Tagalog: hatimbantok — curve of a cumulative function
  • Catalan: arc apuntat — Gothic pointed arch
  • Catalan: ogiva — Gothic pointed arch
  • Czech: gotický oblouk — Gothic pointed arch
  • Czech: lomený oblouk — Gothic pointed arch
  • Danish: spidsbue — Gothic pointed arch
  • Finnish: suippokaari — Gothic pointed arch
  • French: ogive — Gothic pointed arch
  • German: Spitzbogen — Gothic pointed arch
  • German: Ogive — Gothic pointed arch
  • Italian: arco a sesto acuto — Gothic pointed arch
  • Italian: ogiva — Gothic pointed arch
  • Italian: arco gotico — Gothic pointed arch
  • Occitan: ogiva — Gothic pointed arch
  • Polish: ostrołuk — Gothic pointed arch
  • Portuguese: ogiva — Gothic pointed arch
  • Russian: стре́льчатый свод (strélʹčatyj) — Gothic pointed arch
  • Swedish: spetsbåge — Gothic pointed arch
  • Ukrainian: стрілча́ста арка (strilčásta arka) — Gothic pointed arch
  • Finnish: suippokärki — nose of a bullet, missle, or rocket
  • French: ogive — nose of a bullet, missle, or rocket
  • German: Ogive — nose of a bullet, missle, or rocket
  • Italian: ogiva — nose of a bullet, missle, or rocket
  • Occitan: ogiva — nose of a bullet, missle, or rocket
  • Polish: ostrołuk — nose of a bullet, missle, or rocket
  • Polish: głowica — nose of a bullet, missle, or rocket
  • Portuguese: ogiva — nose of a bullet, missle, or rocket
  • Russian: ожива́ло (oživálo) — nose of a bullet, missle, or rocket
  • Spanish: ojiva — nose of a bullet, missle, or rocket
  • Polish: falista wypukłość lodowców — wave-bulges of glaciers