oval

English Online Dictionary. What means oval‎? What does oval mean?

English

Etymology

From Late Latin ovalis, from ovum; cognate with French and Italian ovale, Dutch ovaal. From 1570.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊvəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊvəl/
• Rhymes: -əʊvəl

Noun

oval (plural ovals)

1. An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.
2. A thing having such a shape, such as an arena.
3. (mathematics) In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point.
4. (Australia) A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

oval (comparative more oval, superlative most oval)

1. Having the shape of an oval.
2. Of or pertaining to an ovum.

   oval conceptions

Usage notes

• Any of the English adjectives derived from Latin ovum (including oval, ovate, ovoid) are typically considered synonymous when referring to egg-like shapes where one end is wider than the other but, out of all of them, oval is the most likely to be used in reference to a symmetrical ellipse.

Synonyms

• ovular, ovate, ovoid, ovaline, elliptical, egg-shaped

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• ovoid
• ovum

Anagrams

• vola

Asturian

Adjective

oval (epicene, plural ovales)

1. oval (oval-shaped)

Synonyms

• ovaláu

Catalan

Etymology

From ou +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [uˈβal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [oˈval]

Adjective

oval m or f (masculine and feminine plural ovals)

1. oval

   Synonym: ovalat

Noun

oval m (plural ovals)

1. oval

Related terms

• ovoide

Further reading

• “oval” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “oval”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “oval” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “oval” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈvæˀl/

Noun

oval c (singular definite ovalen, plural indefinite ovaler)

1. oval (shape)
2. oval (object)

Declension

Adjective

oval (neuter ovalt, plural and definite singular attributive ovale)

1. oval

Inflection

References

• “oval” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

oval (strong nominative masculine singular ovaler, comparative ovaler, superlative am ovalsten)

1. oval

   Synonyms: eiförmig, eirund

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, ultimately derived from Medieval Latin ovālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔo.fal/
• Rhymes: -fal
• Hyphenation: o‧val

Adjective

oval

1. oval

   Synonyms: lonjong, bulat panjang, bulat telur, jorong

Further reading

• “oval” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ovalis, from ovum (“egg”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

oval (neuter singular ovalt, definite singular and plural ovale)

1. oval

Noun

oval m (definite singular ovalen, indefinite plural ovaler, definite plural ovalene)

1. an oval

Derived terms

• ovalformet

References

• “oval” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ovalis, from ovum (“egg”).

Adjective

oval (neuter singular ovalt, definite singular and plural ovale)

1. oval

Noun

oval m (definite singular ovalen, indefinite plural ovalar, definite plural ovalane)

1. an oval

References

• “oval” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: o‧val

Adjective

oval m or f (plural ovais)

1. oval (shaped like an egg)

   Synonyms: ovalado, ovoide

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ovale.

Adjective

oval m or n (feminine singular ovală, masculine plural ovali, feminine and neuter plural ovale)

1. oval

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈbal/ [oˈβ̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: o‧val

Adjective

oval m or f (masculine and feminine plural ovales)

1. oval (shaped like an oval)

   Synonym: ovalado

Related terms

Further reading

• “oval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Adjective

oval (not comparable)

1. oval (having an elongated round shape)

Declension

See also

• elliptisk

Noun

oval c

1. an oval (elongated round shape)

Declension

See also

• ellips

References

• oval in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• oval in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• oval in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)