ovni

See also: OVNI, óvni, òvni, and -ovní

Catalan

Etymology

Acronym of objecte volador no identificat, a calque of English unidentified flying object.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɔv.ni]

Noun

ovni m (plural ovnis)

1. UFO

Hyponyms

• platet volador

Further reading

• “ovni” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Alternative forms

• OVNI

Etymology

Acronym of objet volant non identifié, a calque of English unidentified flying object.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔv.ni/

• Audio:

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Noun

ovni m (plural ovnis)

1. (initialism) UFO
2. (by extension) a person or product that is surprising and difficult to classify
   • 2019 July 27, Chloé Barbaux, “Les ratés du marketing : le Perrier Fluo voulait devenir la boisson d’une génération”, in Le Parisien‎^[1]:

     La bouteille de cet ovni de la marque Perrier a même été primée pour son design.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• ovniologue
• ovniologie

Further reading

• “ovni”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ovin

Galician

Etymology

Acronym of obxecto voador non identificado.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ovni m (plural ovnis)

1. UFO

Portuguese

Noun

ovni m (plural ovnis)

1. Alternative spelling of óvni

Spanish

Etymology

Acronym of objeto volador no identificado, a calque of English unidentified flying object.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈobni/ [ˈoβ̞.ni]
• Rhymes: -obni
• Syllabification: ov‧ni

Noun

ovni m (plural ovnis)

1. UFO

Further reading

• “ovni”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• vino