óvulo

Meaning

ovum; egg cell (female gamete in animals)

Concepts

ovum

egg

🥚

egg cell

ovules

ova

ovule

gynoecium

hen’s egg

eggs

gynaecium

carpels

gynecium

oocytes

plant ovaries

zona pellucida

full English breakfast

hot pint

pistil

pound cake

spawn

stigma

style

Synonyms

ovo

🥚

ovos

estigma

estilete

pequeno ovo

carpelo

ovário da planta

oócito

gineceu

zona pelúcida

pistilo

Translations

ovule

óvulo

Eizelle

ωάριο

yumurta

🥚

ovulo

œuf

🥚

Ovum

òvul

uovo

🥚

huevo

🥚

αυγό

Ei

🥚

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɔ.vu.lu/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: ōvulum

In summary

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