adj
Meaning 1
Having the shape of an oval.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
oval
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈəʊvəl/
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US: /ˈoʊvəl/
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rhymes with -əʊvəl
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or pertaining to an ovum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- oval conceptions
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
A cricket ground in South London.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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name
Meaning 4
Ellipsis of Oval Office.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Meaning 5
An elongated round shape resembling an ellipse or an egg.
A two-dimensional one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: ellipse
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ellipse
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
An elongated round shape resembling an ellipse or an egg.
A three-dimensional one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
A thing having such a shape, such as an arena.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
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noun
Meaning 9
In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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adjective satellite
Meaning 10
rounded like an egg
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ellipse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conic section, conic
Narrower terms: circle
History
Etymology
From Late Latin ovalis, from ovum; cognate with French and Italian ovale, Dutch ovaal. From 1570.
Across languages
Translations
125 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: إِهْلِيلَجِيّ (ʔihlīlajiyy) — oval-shaped
- Arabic: بَيْضَوِيّ (bayḍawiyy) — oval-shaped
- Armenian: ձվաձեւ (jvajew) — oval-shaped
- Asturian: ovaláu — oval-shaped
- Asturian: oval — oval-shaped
- Bengali: ডিম্বাকার (ḍimbakar) — oval-shaped
- Bengali: উপবৃত্তাকার (upobrittakar) — oval-shaped
- Bulgarian: овален (ovalen) — oval-shaped
- Catalan: oval — oval-shaped
- Catalan: ovoide — oval-shaped
- Czech: oválný — oval-shaped
- Dutch: ovaal — oval-shaped
- Dutch: eivormig — oval-shaped
- Esperanto: ovala — oval-shaped
- Esperanto: ovoforma — oval-shaped
- Finnish: soikea — oval-shaped
- Finnish: munanmuotoinen — oval-shaped
- Finnish: ovoidi — oval-shaped
- French: ovale — oval-shaped
- French: ovoïde — oval-shaped
- Galician: oval — oval-shaped
- German: oval — oval-shaped
- Greek: ωοειδής (ooeidís) — oval-shaped
- Ancient Greek: ᾠοειδής (ōioeidḗs) — oval-shaped
- Ancient Greek: ᾠώδης (ōiṓdēs) — oval-shaped
- Hebrew: סְגַלְגַּל (s'galgál) — oval-shaped
- Hebrew: אוֹבָלִי (ováli) — oval-shaped
- Hungarian: ovális — oval-shaped
- Hungarian: tojásdad — oval-shaped
- Interlingua: oval — oval-shaped
- Irish: ubhach — oval-shaped
- Irish: ubhchruthach — oval-shaped
- Italian: ovale — oval-shaped
- Italian: ovoide — oval-shaped
- Italian: ovoidale — oval-shaped
- Korean: 타원형 (tawonhyeong) — oval-shaped
- Māori: porotītaha — oval-shaped
- Norwegian Bokmål: oval — oval-shaped
- Norwegian Bokmål: avlang — oval-shaped
- Norwegian Nynorsk: oval — oval-shaped
- Norwegian Nynorsk: avlang — oval-shaped
- Persian: خایهدیس (xâye-dis) — oval-shaped
- Polish: owalny — oval-shaped
- Portuguese: oval — oval-shaped
- Portuguese: ovoide — oval-shaped
- Portuguese: ovalado — oval-shaped
- Russian: ова́льный (oválʹnyj) — oval-shaped
- Russian: ова́льная (oválʹnaja) — oval-shaped
- Russian: ова́льное (oválʹnoje) — oval-shaped
- Spanish: oval — oval-shaped
- Spanish: ovalado — oval-shaped
- Swedish: oval — oval-shaped
- Turkish: oval — oval-shaped
- Welsh: hirgrwn — oval-shaped
- Welsh: hirgron — oval-shaped
- Yiddish: אָוואַל (oval) — oval-shaped
- Yoruba: ọ̀gbún — oval-shaped
- Catalan: ovular — of or pertaining to an ovum
- Portuguese: ovular — of or pertaining to an ovum
- Arabic: إِهْلِيلَج (ʔihlīlaj) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Armenian: օվալ (ōval) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Asturian: óvalu — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Azerbaijani: oval — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Belarusian: ава́л (avál) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Bengali: ডিম্বাকার (ḍimbakar) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Bengali: উপবৃত্তাকার (upobrittakar) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Bulgarian: овал (oval) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Catalan: oval — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Chinese Mandarin: 卵形 (luǎnxíng) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Chinese Mandarin: 橢圓形 /椭圆形 (tuǒyuánxíng) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Czech: ovál — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Danish: oval — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Dutch: ovaal — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Esperanto: ovalo — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Estonian: ovaal — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Finnish: ovaali — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Finnish: soikio — shape like an egg or ellipse
- French: ovale — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Georgian: ოვალი (ovali) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- German: Oval — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Greek: ωόδης (oódis) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Ancient Greek: θυρεός (thureós) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Ancient Greek: ᾠώδης (ōiṓdēs) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Ancient Greek: ᾠοειδής (ōioeidḗs) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Greenlandic: tumaasaavoq — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Gujarati: લંબગોળ (lambgoḷ) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Hanunoo: aba-aba — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Hebrew: אוּבָל — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Hindi: अंडाकार (aṇḍākār) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Hungarian: ovális — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Hungarian: tojásidom — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Irish: ubhchruth — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Italian: ovale — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Japanese: 卵形 — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Japanese: 楕円形 (daenkei) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Kazakh: сопақша (sopaqşa) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Kazakh: сопақ (sopaq) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Korean: 타원 (tawon) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Korean: 달걀꼴 (dalgyalkkol) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Kyrgyz: узунча тегерек (uzunca tegerek) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Kyrgyz: сүйрү (süyrü) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Latvian: ovāls — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Lithuanian: ovalas — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Macedonian: овал (oval) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Māori: porotītaha — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Māori: porohema — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Navajo: názbąsgo heeneez — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Norwegian Bokmål: oval — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Norwegian Nynorsk: oval — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Polish: owal — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Portuguese: ovoide — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Romanian: oval — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Russian: ова́л (ovál) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Serbo-Croatian: овал — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Serbo-Croatian: oval — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Slovak: ovál — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Slovene: oval — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Spanish: óvalo — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Swedish: oval — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Tagalog: habilog — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Turkish: oval — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Ukrainian: ова́л (ovál) — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Uzbek: oval — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Vietnamese: hình trái xoan — shape like an egg or ellipse
- Welsh: hirgrwn — shape like an egg or ellipse