Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

obovate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • ŏb-ōʹvāt

Etymology

From ob- (“inverse”) + ovate (“egg-shaped”).

Meanings

  1. Shaped like an egg, with the broad extremity located away from the base.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most obovate Degree=Sup lexicographic
more obovate Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

obovately

Translations (8)

fr obovale (shaped like an egg) · de umgekehrt eiförmig (shaped like an egg) · it obovato (shaped like an egg) · de verkehrt eiförmig (shaped like an egg) · nl obovaat (shaped like an egg) · nl omgekeerd eirond (shaped like an egg) · pl odwrotnie jajowaty (shaped like an egg) · cy gwrthwyffurf (shaped like an egg)