"OVA" meaning in English

See OVA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: OVAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} OVA (plural OVAs)
  1. (anime) Initialism of Original Video Animation, a direct-to-video anime. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Original Video Animation (extra: a direct-to-video anime)
    Sense id: en-OVA-en-noun-gsE2Efsn Categories (other): Japanese fiction, Fiction, Japanese fiction Disambiguation of Fiction: 69 31 Disambiguation of Japanese fiction: 99 1 Topics: anime, broadcasting, film, media, television
  2. (computing, virtualisation) Abbreviation of Open Virtualization format Archive. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Open Virtualization format Archive
    Sense id: en-OVA-en-noun-9Vrx1AQs Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: OAV

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for OVA meaning in English (1.6kB)

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