óvulo

See also: ovulo, ovuló, and ovulò

Portuguese

óvulo

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ōvulum, from ōvum (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vu.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vu.lo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.vu.lu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.bu.lu/ [ˈɔ.βu.lu]

Hyphenation: ó‧vu‧lo

Noun

óvulo m (plural óvulos)

(cytology, embryology) ovum; egg cell (female gamete in animals)

Related terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈobulo/ [ˈo.β̞u.lo]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -obulo
Syllabification: ó‧vu‧lo

Noun

óvulo m (plural óvulos)

(zoology) ovule (immature ovum)
(botany) ovule

Further reading

“óvulo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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