oval
/ˈoʊvəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An elongated round shape resembling an ellipse or an egg.
noun
An elongated round shape resembling an ellipse or an egg.
noun
In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point.
adj
Of or pertaining to an ovum.
name
A cricket ground in South London.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: ellipse"
- "At the far end of the wide corridor were the doors of a ward. The panels were frosted save for ovals of clear glass at face level."
- "On the dirt oval's far side"
- "oval conceptions"
- "Every congenital abnormality is doubtless due to a peculiarity in the sperm or oval elements or in their mingling, or to some disturbance in their early development."
- "We went to the Oval and Trump came in almost immediately […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm Proto-Italic *ōw(j)om Latin ōvum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin ovalisbor. English oval From Late Latin ovalis, from ovum; cognate with French and Italian ovale, Dutch ovaal. From 1570.
Word Breakdown
- Root: ovalis
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈoʊvəl/
- British English: /ˈəʊvəl/
Usage
- Australian usage
- American usage