adj
Meaning 1
Shaped like an egg.
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Standard Lemma guide
ovate
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈəʊ.veɪt/
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US: /ˈoʊ.veɪt/
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Australian: /ˈəʉ.væɪt/
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CMU ARPABET: OW1 V EY0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
With the broadest extremity near the base.
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Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
An egg-shaped hand axe.
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Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
An Irish bard.
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noun
Meaning 5
A member at a certain grade of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.
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noun
Meaning 6
A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod.
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verb
Meaning 7
To give someone an ovation.
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Usage: rare, transitive
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verb
Meaning 8
To applaud enthusiastically.
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Usage: intransitive, rare
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adjective satellite
Meaning 9
rounded like an egg
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, oviform, ovoid, prolate
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adjective satellite
Meaning 10
of a leaf shape; egg-shaped with the broader end at the base
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ōvātus, from ōvum (“an egg”) + -ātus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Ultimately from a Celtic language, see Proto-Celtic *wātis.
Borrowed from Latin ovātus, perfect passive participle of ovō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: яйцеви́ден (jajcevíden) — botany, of leaves: broadest near the base
- Czech: vejčitý — botany, of leaves: broadest near the base
- Finnish: puikea — botany, of leaves: broadest near the base
- Spanish: aovada — botany, of leaves: broadest near the base
- Welsh: wyffurf — botany, of leaves: broadest near the base
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