ovarium

See also: Ovarium

English

Etymology

From New Latin. Doublet of ovary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə(ʊ)ˈvɛːrɪəm/

Noun

ovarium (plural ovaria)

1. (archaic) An ovary.

Derived terms

• ovarium masculinum

References

• “ovarium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ōvārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ovaˈriʊm/
• Rhymes: -ʊm, -m
• Hyphenation: ova‧ri‧um

Noun

ovarium (plural ovarium-ovarium)

1. (anatomy) ovary: A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

Alternative forms

• اوۏاري (ovari) (Standard Malay)

Synonyms

• indung telur

Further reading

• “ovarium” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

From ōvum (“egg”) +‎ -ārium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oːˈu̯aː.ri.um/, [oːˈu̯äːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈva.ri.um/, [oˈväːrium]

Noun

ōvārium n (genitive ōvāriī or ōvārī); second declension

1. (anatomy) ovary

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	ōvārium	ōvāria
genitive	ōvāriī ōvārī1	ōvāriōrum
dative	ōvāriō	ōvāriīs
accusative	ōvārium	ōvāria
ablative	ōvāriō	ōvāriīs
vocative	ōvārium	ōvāria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• → English: ovary
• → French: ovaire
• → German: Ovarium
• → Indonesian: ovarium
• → Portuguese: ovário
• → Spanish: ovario

References

• ovarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ovarium n (definite singular ovariet, indefinite plural ovarier, definite plural ovaria or ovariene)

1. (anatomy) ovary

   Synonym: eggstokk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ovarium n (definite singular ovariet, indefinite plural ovarium, definite plural ovaria)

1. (anatomy) ovary

   Synonym: eggstokk

Swedish

Noun

ovarium

1. ovary

   Synonym: äggstock

   Hypernym: könskörtel

Further reading

• ovarium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)