"ovum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈəʊ.vəm/ [UK], /ˈoʊ.vəm/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-ovum.wav [UK] Forms: ova [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of egg, ey, huevo, and oeuf. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ōvum||egg}} Latin ōvum (“egg”), {{doublet|en|egg|ey|huevo|oeuf}} Doublet of egg, ey, huevo, and oeuf Head templates: {{en-noun|ova}} ovum (plural ova)
  1. (cytology) The female gamete in animals; the egg cell. Categories (topical): Cytology, Embryology Synonyms: megagamete Hypernyms: gamete Derived forms: ovism, ovist, ovo- Related terms: oval, Ovaltine, ovary, ovate, oviparous, ovoid, ovo-lacto-vegetarian, ovulate, oocyte, ovia Coordinate_terms: spermatozoon Translations (gamete): vezë [feminine] (Albanian), ovum [masculine] (Albanian), بُيَيْضَة (buyayḍa) [feminine] (Arabic), بُوَيْضَة (buwayḍa) [feminine] (Arabic), بويضة (buwayḍa) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), ձվաբջիջ (jvabǰiǰ) (Armenian), ܒܹܥܬܵܐ (beʿta) [feminine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), yumurta (Azerbaijani), ou (ca) [masculine] (Basque), obulu (Basque), яйцакле́тка (jajcakljétka) [feminine] (Belarusian), ডিম্বাণু (ḍimbanu) (Bengali), яйцекле́тка (jajceklétka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), သားဥ (sa:u.) (Burmese), òvul (Catalan), (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), (alt: leon⁵⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), (luǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 卵子 (luǎnzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), oy [masculine] (Cornish), vajíčko [neuter] (Czech), æg [neuter] (Danish), ægcelle [common-gender] (Danish), eicel [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), munarakk (Estonian), egg [neuter] (Faroese), munasolu (Finnish), ovule [masculine] (French), კვერცხუჯრედი (ḳvercxuǯredi) (Georgian), Ovum [neuter] (German), Eizelle [feminine] (German), αβγό (avgó) [neuter] (Greek), ωάριο (oário) [neuter] (Greek), mannik (Greenlandic), (lón) (Hakka Chinese), hua (Hawaiian), בֵּיצִית (beitsit) [feminine] (Hebrew), itlog (Hiligaynon), डिम्ब (ḍimb) [masculine] (Hindi), pete (Hungarian), petesejt (Hungarian), egg [neuter] (Icelandic), eggfruma [feminine] (Icelandic), ovo (Ido), ovum (Indonesian), ubh [feminine] (Irish), ubhán [masculine] (Irish), ovulo [masculine] (Italian), (ran) (alt: らん) (Japanese), 卵子 (ranshi) (alt: らんし) (Japanese), muka (Kaurna), аналық жасуша (analyq jasuşa) (Kazakh), ұрық жасуша (ūryq jasuşa) (Kazakh), ស៊ុត (sut) (Khmer), 난자 (nanja) (alt: 卵子) (Korean), 란자 (ranja) [North-Korea] (Korean), урук клеткасы (uruk kletkası) (Kyrgyz), энелик клетка (enelik kletka) (Kyrgyz), ovum [neuter] (Latin), olšūna [feminine] (Latvian), kiaušialąstė [feminine] (Lithuanian), kiaušinėlis [masculine] (Lithuanian), Eezell [feminine] (Luxembourgish), јајце клетка (jajce kletka) [feminine] (Macedonian), ovum (Malay), اوۏوم [Jawi] (Malay), അണ്ഡം (aṇḍaṁ) (Malayalam), अंड (aṇḍa) (Marathi), अंडकोश (aṇḍkoś) (Marathi), hêkexane [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), xaneya hêkê [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), egg [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), eggcelle [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), egg [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), تخمک (toxmak) (Persian), jajo [neuter] (Polish), komórka jajowa [feminine] (Polish), óvulo [masculine] (Portuguese), ovul [neuter] (Romanian), яйцекле́тка (jajceklétka) [feminine] (Russian), ugh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), јајашце [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), jajašce [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), jajna ćelija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vajcová bunka [feminine] (Slovak), vajíčko [neuter] (Slovak), jajčece [neuter] (Slovene), óvulo [masculine] (Spanish), yai (Swahili), ägg [neuter] (Swedish), äggcell [common-gender] (Swedish), itlog (Tagalog), тухмҳуҷайра (tuxmhujayra) (Tajik), เซลล์ไข่ (seel-kài) (Thai), ovum (Turkish), yumurta (Turkish), yumurta hücresi (Turkish), яйцекліти́на (jajceklitýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), tuxumhujayra (Uzbek), tuxum (Uzbek), noãn (Vietnamese), trứng (Vietnamese), aai [neuter] (West Frisian), akk (Zazaki)

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          "sense": "gamete",
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          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "obulu"
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          "roman": "ḍimbanu",
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          "word": "ডিম্বাণু"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "sa:u.",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "သားဥ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "òvul"
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        {
          "alt": "leon⁵⁻²",
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          "code": "hak",
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          "code": "nan-hbl",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "gamete",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "luǎnzǐ",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "卵子"
        },
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          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "oy"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vajíčko"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "æg"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ægcelle"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "eicel"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "munarakk"
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          "code": "fo",
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          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "egg"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "munasolu"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ovule"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳvercxuǯredi",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "კვერცხუჯრედი"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Ovum"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Eizelle"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "avgó",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "αβγό"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "oário",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ωάριο"
        },
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          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "mannik"
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        {
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "hua"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "beitsit",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "בֵּיצִית"
        },
        {
          "code": "hil",
          "lang": "Hiligaynon",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "itlog"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ḍimb",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "डिम्ब"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "pete"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "petesejt"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "egg"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "eggfruma"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "ovo"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "ovum"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ubh"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ubhán"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ovulo"
        },
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          "alt": "らん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ran",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "卵"
        },
        {
          "alt": "らんし",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ranshi",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "卵子"
        },
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          "code": "zku",
          "lang": "Kaurna",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "muka"
        },
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "analyq jasuşa",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "аналық жасуша"
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          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ūryq jasuşa",
          "sense": "gamete",
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          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "sut",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "ស៊ុត"
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          "alt": "卵子",
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "nanja",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "난자"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ranja",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "North-Korea"
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          "word": "란자"
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          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hêkexane"
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        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "xaneya hêkê"
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          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "uruk kletkası",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "урук клеткасы"
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          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "enelik kletka",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "энелик клетка"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "kiaušialąstė"
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          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "kiaušinėlis"
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          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Eezell"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "jajce kletka",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "јајце клетка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "ovum"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "Jawi"
          ],
          "word": "اوۏوم"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "aṇḍaṁ",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "അണ്ഡം"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "aṇḍa",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "अंड"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "aṇḍkoś",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "अंडकोश"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "egg"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eggcelle"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "egg"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "toxmak",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "تخمک"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "jajo"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "komórka jajowa"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "óvulo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ovul"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "jajceklétka",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "яйцекле́тка"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ugh"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "јајашце"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "jajašce"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jajna ćelija"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vajcová bunka"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vajíčko"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "jajčece"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "óvulo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "yai"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ägg"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "äggcell"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "itlog"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "tuxmhujayra",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "тухмҳуҷайра"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "seel-kài",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "เซลล์ไข่"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "ovum"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "yumurta"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "yumurta hücresi"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "jajceklitýna",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "яйцекліти́на"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "tuxumhujayra"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "tuxum"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "noãn"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "trứng"
        },
        {
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "aai"
        },
        {
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "gamete",
          "word": "akk"
        }
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈəʊ.vəm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoʊ.vəm/",
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        "US"
      ]
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    {
      "word": "spermatozoon"
    }
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      "word": "ovism"
    },
    {
      "word": "ovist"
    },
    {
      "word": "ovo-"
    }
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        "5": "egg"
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      "name": "bor"
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      "args": {
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        "5": "oeuf"
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      "form": "ova",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "word": "oval"
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    {
      "word": "Ovaltine"
    },
    {
      "word": "ovary"
    },
    {
      "word": "ovate"
    },
    {
      "word": "oviparous"
    },
    {
      "word": "ovoid"
    },
    {
      "word": "ovo-lacto-vegetarian"
    },
    {
      "word": "ovulate"
    },
    {
      "word": "oocyte"
    },
    {
      "word": "ovia"
    }
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        "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English doublets",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms borrowed from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Cytology",
        "en:Embryology"
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        "The female gamete in animals; the egg cell."
      ],
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        [
          "cytology",
          "cytology"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
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          "gamete",
          "gamete"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "egg cell",
          "egg cell"
        ]
      ],
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        "(cytology) The female gamete in animals; the egg cell."
      ],
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        "biology",
        "cytology",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈəʊ.vəm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoʊ.vəm/",
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        "US"
      ]
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      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "megagamete"
    }
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vezë"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ovum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "buyayḍa",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "بُيَيْضَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "buwayḍa",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "بُوَيْضَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "buwayḍa",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "بويضة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "jvabǰiǰ",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "ձվաբջիջ"
    },
    {
      "code": "aii",
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "roman": "beʿta",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ܒܹܥܬܵܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "yumurta"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ou (ca)"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "obulu"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "jajcakljétka",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "яйцакле́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ḍimbanu",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "ডিম্বাণু"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "jajceklétka",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "яйцекле́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "sa:u.",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "သားဥ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "òvul"
    },
    {
      "alt": "leon⁵⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "卵"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "lón",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "卵"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "卵"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "luǎn",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "卵"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "luǎnzǐ",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "卵子"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oy"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vajíčko"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "æg"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ægcelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eicel"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "munarakk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "egg"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "munasolu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ovule"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳvercxuǯredi",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "კვერცხუჯრედი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Ovum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Eizelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "avgó",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "αβγό"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oário",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ωάριο"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "mannik"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "hua"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "beitsit",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "בֵּיצִית"
    },
    {
      "code": "hil",
      "lang": "Hiligaynon",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "itlog"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ḍimb",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "डिम्ब"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "pete"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "petesejt"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "egg"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eggfruma"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "ovo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "ovum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ubh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ubhán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ovulo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "らん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ran",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "卵"
    },
    {
      "alt": "らんし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ranshi",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "卵子"
    },
    {
      "code": "zku",
      "lang": "Kaurna",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "muka"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "analyq jasuşa",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "аналық жасуша"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ūryq jasuşa",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "ұрық жасуша"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sut",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "ស៊ុត"
    },
    {
      "alt": "卵子",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nanja",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "난자"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ranja",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "North-Korea"
      ],
      "word": "란자"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hêkexane"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "xaneya hêkê"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "uruk kletkası",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "урук клеткасы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "enelik kletka",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "энелик клетка"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ovum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "olšūna"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kiaušialąstė"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kiaušinėlis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Eezell"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "jajce kletka",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "јајце клетка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "ovum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ],
      "word": "اوۏوم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "aṇḍaṁ",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "അണ്ഡം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "aṇḍa",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "अंड"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "aṇḍkoś",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "अंडकोश"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "egg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eggcelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "egg"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "toxmak",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "تخمک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "jajo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "komórka jajowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "óvulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ovul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jajceklétka",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "яйцекле́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ugh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "јајашце"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "jajašce"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jajna ćelija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vajcová bunka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vajíčko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "jajčece"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "óvulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "yai"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ägg"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "äggcell"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "itlog"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "tuxmhujayra",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "тухмҳуҷайра"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "seel-kài",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "เซลล์ไข่"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "ovum"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "yumurta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "yumurta hücresi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jajceklitýna",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "яйцекліти́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "tuxumhujayra"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "tuxum"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "noãn"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "trứng"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "aai"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "gamete",
      "word": "akk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ovum"
}
{
  "called_from": "page/2386",
  "msg": "inconsistent language codes ca vs eu in translation item: 't' {1: 'eu', 2: 'obulu'}",
  "path": [
    "ovum",
    "t"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ovum",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": nn̄g vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "ovum"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ovum",
  "trace": ""
}

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