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ova en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈoː.va/ (India)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈəʊ̯.və/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈo.vʌ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈɐʉ̯.və/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • ō′və
  • /ˈo.və/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈoʊ̯.və/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈəʉ̯.və/ (Australia, New-Zealand, also)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōva (“eggs”), plural of ōvum (“egg”).

Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of ovum (“gamete”)
    form of ovum
Source: en.wiktionary, “ova” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ova en · ADP · etymology 2

Etymology

Used to represent a non-rhotic pronunciation of over.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, dialectal, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of over.
    alt of over
    • OK, get in dat pirogue ova dere, en be still. Don't move hombre!!! We don't you and larry to flip! 2005 May 12, William Jennings, “Awww, shucks ...... Lunch is over”, in rec.music.classical.guitar (Usenet):