ovum
Syllables: o·vum/ˈəʊ̯.vəm/US/ˈoʊ̯.vəm/
ovum noun: the female gamete in animals; the egg cell.
Noun
ovum (plural ova)
ovum meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ovum in Hindi
- gamete
- डिम्ब ḍimb
ovum in Tamil
- gamete
- முட்டை muṭṭai
ovum in Marathi
- gamete
- अंड aṇḍa, अंडकोश aṇḍkoś
ovum in Urdu
- gamete
- اَنْڈا anḍā
More languagesFewer languages
- ovum in Bengali
- ডিম্বাণু ḍimbanu
- ovum in Malayalam
- അണ്ഡം aṇḍaṁ
- ovum in Kannada
- ಅಂಡ, ತತ್ತಿ, ಮೊಟ್ಟೆ
- ovum in Punjabi
- ਇੰਗਾ iṅgā, ਆਂਡਾ āṇḍā, آنڈا ānḍā
- ovum in Tagalog
- itlog
- ovum in Arabic
- بُيَيْضَة buyayḍa, بُوَيْضَة buwayḍa
- ovum in Malay
- ovum
- ovum in Indonesian
- ovum
- ovum in Thai
- เซลล์ไข่ seel-kài
- ovum in Vietnamese
- noãn, trứng
- ovum in Myanmar
- သားဥ sa:u., မမျိုးဥ ma.myui:u.
Examples of ovum in a sentence
- Far less confusion occurs if references to killing the ovum use just that language.
- Conversely, if two ova be caused to amalgamate with parallel axes, the result is a "giant".
- In his case of hydramnion it was situated in the upper ovum in a twin pregnancy.
Synonyms of ovum
Forms of ovum
| plural | ova |
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Origin of ovum
Borrowed from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of egg, ey, huevo, and oeuf.
Words formed from ovum
Questions about ovum
- What does ovum mean?
- Ovum means the female gamete in animals; the egg cell.
- What is ovum in Hindi?
- Ovum in Hindi is डिम्ब (ḍimb). See Ovum meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ovum?
- Ovum is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ovum?
- Ovum is pronounced /ˈəʊ̯.vəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ovum?
- The plural of ovum is ova.
Words near ovum in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ovum (page history and authors); ovum (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); آنڈا (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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