ovular

English

Etymology

From ovule +‎ -ar. In the feminist sense, chosen as an opposite to seminar because of that term's etymological link with semen, the male sexual fluid.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

ovular (comparative more ovular, superlative most ovular)

1. Of or pertaining to an oval.
   • 2023, Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans, Jonathan Cape, page 244:

     There were lights across the street and an ovular pool of light from Noah’s window on the grass between her and the back fence.

2. Of or pertaining to an ovule.

Noun

ovular (plural ovulars)

1. (feminism, rare) A seminar for feminists.
   • 1994, Christina Hoff Sommers, Who Stole Feminism?:

     Trebilco considers 'seminar' offensively 'masculinist', so she has replaced it with ovular, which she regards as its feminist equivalent.

Related terms

• ovulary

Anagrams

• louvar, valour

Catalan

Adjective

ovular m or f (masculine and feminine plural ovulars)

1. oval; ovular

Verb

ovular (first-person singular present ovulo, first-person singular preterite ovulí, past participle ovulat)

1. To ovulate

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.vuˈlaʁ/ [o.vuˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.vuˈlaʁ/ [o.vuˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /o.vuˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /o.vuˈlaʁ/ [o.vuˈlaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.vuˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.vuˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.vuˈlaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.buˈlaɾ/ [ɔ.βuˈlaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.vuˈla.ɾi/

Adjective

ovular m or f (plural ovulares)

1. oval (of or relating to an ovum)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.vuˈla(ʁ)/ [o.vuˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.vuˈla(ʁ)/ [o.vuˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /o.vuˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /o.vuˈla(ʁ)/ [o.vuˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.vuˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.vuˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.vuˈlaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.buˈlaɾ/ [ɔ.βuˈlaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.vuˈla.ɾi/

Verb

ovular (first-person singular present ovulo, first-person singular preterite ovulei, past participle ovulado)

1. to ovulate (to produce eggs or ova)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ovular (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	ovular
Personal	ovular	ovulares	ovular	ovularmos	ovulardes	ovularem
Gerund
	ovulando
Past participle
Masculine	ovulado			ovulados
Feminine	ovulada			ovuladas
Indicative
Present	ovulo	ovulas	ovula	ovulamos	ovulais	ovulam
Imperfect	ovulava	ovulavas	ovulava	ovulávamos	ovuláveis	ovulavam
Preterite	ovulei	ovulaste	ovulou	ovulamos1, ovulámos2	ovulastes	ovularam
Pluperfect	ovulara	ovularas	ovulara	ovuláramos	ovuláreis	ovularam
Future	ovularei	ovularás	ovulará	ovularemos	ovulareis	ovularão
Conditional	ovularia	ovularias	ovularia	ovularíamos	ovularíeis	ovulariam
Subjunctive
Present	ovule	ovules	ovule	ovulemos	ovuleis	ovulem
Imperfect	ovulasse	ovulasses	ovulasse	ovulássemos	ovulásseis	ovulassem
Future	ovular	ovulares	ovular	ovularmos	ovulardes	ovularem
Imperative
Affirmative		ovula	ovule	ovulemos	ovulai	ovulem
Negative (não)		não ovules	não ovule	não ovulemos	não ovuleis	não ovulem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• óvulo

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ovulaire.

Adjective

ovular m or n (feminine singular ovulară, masculine plural ovulari, feminine and neuter plural ovulare)

1. ovular

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	ovular		ovulară		ovulari	ovulare
	definite	ovularul		ovulara		ovularii	ovularele
genitive- dative	indefinite	ovular		ovulare		ovulari	ovulare
	definite	ovularului		ovularei		ovularilor	ovularelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obuˈlaɾ/ [o.β̞uˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: o‧vu‧lar

Verb

ovular (first-person singular present ovulo, first-person singular preterite ovulé, past participle ovulado)

1. to ovulate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ovular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ovular
gerund			ovulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ovulado		ovulada
		plural		ovulados		ovuladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ovulo	ovulastú ovulásvos	ovula	ovulamos	ovuláis	ovulan
	imperfect	ovulaba	ovulabas	ovulaba	ovulábamos	ovulabais	ovulaban
	preterite	ovulé	ovulaste	ovuló	ovulamos	ovulasteis	ovularon
	future	ovularé	ovularás	ovulará	ovularemos	ovularéis	ovularán
	conditional	ovularía	ovularías	ovularía	ovularíamos	ovularíais	ovularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ovule	ovulestú ovulésvos2	ovule	ovulemos	ovuléis	ovulen
	imperfect (ra)	ovulara	ovularas	ovulara	ovuláramos	ovularais	ovularan
	imperfect (se)	ovulase	ovulases	ovulase	ovulásemos	ovulaseis	ovulasen
	future1	ovulare	ovulares	ovulare	ovuláremos	ovulareis	ovularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ovulatú ovulávos	ovule	ovulemos	ovulad	ovulen
	negative		no ovules	no ovule	no ovulemos	no ovuléis	no ovulen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “ovular”, 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