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ovulate en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈɒvjʊleɪt/
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Etymology

From ovul(e) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French ovuler.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To produce eggs or ova.
   • Other studies have shown that women living near the equator have a marked tendency to ovulate during the full moon. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 96:

Forms

Deriveds

superovulate · ovulation · nonovulating · ovulatory · unovulated · ovulator

Translations (14)

pt ovular (produce eggs or ova) · pl jajeczkować (produce eggs or ova) · cmn 排卵 (produce eggs or ova) · ga ubhsceith (produce eggs or ova) · mi tukuhua (produce eggs or ova) · es ovular (produce eggs or ova) · pl mieć owulację (produce eggs or ova) · fi ovuloida (produce eggs or ova) · gl ovular (produce eggs or ova) · sv ha ägglossning (produce eggs or ova) · no ha eggløsning (produce eggs or ova) · fr ovuler (produce eggs or ova) · it ovulare (produce eggs or ova) · ca ovular (produce eggs or ova)

ovulate en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈɒvjʊlət/

Etymology

Etymology tree English ovul(e) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English ovulate From ovul(e) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Containing, or bearing, an ovule.
   • Ovulate flowers are usually isolated by enclosing them individually or in clusters in pollenproof bags […] 1948, W. C. Cumming, Francis Irving Righter, Methods Used to Control Pollination of Pines in the Sierra Nevada of California, page 3:

Deriveds

multiovulate · triovulate · uniovulate