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oval.

An elongated round shape resembling an ellipse or an egg.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈəʊvəl/UK/ˈoʊvəl/US

  1. An elongated round shape resembling an ellipse or an egg. A two-dimensional one.

  2. An elongated round shape resembling an ellipse or an egg. A three-dimensional one.

  3. A thing having such a shape, such as an arena.

  4. A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape.

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  5. In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm Proto-Italic *ōw(j)om Latin ōvum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin ovalisbor. English oval From Late Latin ovalis, from ovum; cognate with French and Italian ovale, Dutch ovaal. From 1570.

adj/ˈəʊvəl/UK/ˈoʊvəl/US

  1. Having the shape of an oval.

  2. Of or pertaining to an ovum.

    oval conceptions
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm Proto-Italic *ōw(j)om Latin ōvum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin ovalisbor. English oval From Late Latin ovalis, from ovum; cognate with French and Italian ovale, Dutch ovaal. From 1570.

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