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(ō'vəl) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Resembling an egg in shape.
  2. Resembling an ellipse in shape; elliptical.
n.
  1. An egg-shaped or elliptical form or figure.
  2. An elliptical track, as for racing or athletic events.

[Medieval Latin ōvālis, from Latin ōvum, egg.]

ovally o'val·ly adv.
ovalness o'val·ness n.

adjective

    Resembling an egg in shape: ovate, oviform, ovoid, ovoidal. See geometry.

A marble chip which has been tumbled until a smooth oval shape has resulted; used for terrazzo concrete.


sign description: The shape of an oval is drawn in the air, followed by the letters O V A L fingerspelled.




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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - oval, ægformet
n. - oval

Nederlands (Dutch)
ovaal, eirond

Français (French)
adj. - ovale, (US, Pol) le bureau ovale
n. - ovale

Deutsch (German)
n. - Oval
adj. - oval

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ωοειδές, οβάλ, (Αυστραλ.) γήπεδο φούτμπολ
adj. - ωοειδής, οβάλ, ελλειψοειδής

Italiano (Italian)
ovale

Português (Portuguese)
n., -
adj. - oval

Русский (Russian)
овал, овальный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ovalado, oval
n. - óvalo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - oval
adj. - oval

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
卵形的, 椭圆形的, 椭圆形

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 卵形的, 橢圓形的
n. - 橢圓形

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 달걀모양의, 타원형의
n. - 달걀꼴, 경기장, 경주로, 럭비공

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 卵形, 卵形のもの, 長円形, 長円形の競技場
adj. - 卵形の, 長円形の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شكل بيضاوي (صفه) بيضوي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮סגלגל, ביצתי, אליפטי‬
n. - ‮עצם או שרטוט בצורת ביצה, מגרש תחרויות סגלגל‬


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