oven

oven

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English

Etymology

From Middle English oven, from Old English ofn, from Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz (compare Dutch oven, Low German Aven, West Frisian ûne, German Ofen, Danish ovn, Norwegian Bokmål ovn, Norwegian Nynorsk omn, Swedish ugn, Icelandic ofn, Finnish uuni, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *aukw- (cooking pot), *Hukʷ-, *ukwnos (compare Sanskrit उखा (ukhā), Albanian anë, Latin aulla, olla, Ancient Greek ἰπνός (ipnós)).

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʌ.vn̩/
  • (General American, UK) IPA(key): /ˈʌv.ən/
  • Rhymes: -ʌvən

Noun

oven (plural ovens)

  1. A chamber used for baking or heating.
  2. (colloquial) A very hot place.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

oven (third-person singular simple present ovens, present participle ovening, simple past and past participle ovened)

  1. (transitive, colloquial, informal) To cook in an oven

Further reading

  • oven on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “oven”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “oven”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “oven”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Veno, nevo-, veno-

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ōven, from Old Dutch *ovan, from Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *ufnaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoː.vən/
  • Hyphenation: oven
  • Rhymes: -oːvən

Noun

oven m (plural ovens, diminutive oventje n)

  1. oven, furnace

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: oond
  • Negerhollands: oven
  • Caribbean Javanese: ofen
  • Indonesian: oven
  • Sranan Tongo: onfu
    • Saramaccan: ónfu

Finnish

Noun

oven

  1. genitive singular of ovi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch oven, from Middle Dutch oven, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈo.vən]
  • Hyphenation: o‧vên

Noun

oven or ovên

  1. oven, a chamber used for baking or heating.
  2. stove, hearth
    Synonyms: tungku, dapur, perapian
  3. furnace
    Synonym: tanur

Alternative forms

  • open

Derived terms

  • ovenan (baked)
  • oven gelombang mikro (microwave oven)

Further reading

  • “oven” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ̀ːʋən/

Noun

óvən m anim

  1. ram (male sheep)

Inflection

Further reading

  • oven”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • oven”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Spanish

Verb

oven

  1. inflection of ovar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

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