different between opine vs ovine

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French opiner, from Latin op?nor (“to hold as an opinion”), from *op?nus (“thinking, expecting”), only in negative nec-op?nus (“not expecting”) and in-op?nus (“not expected”); akin to opt? (“to choose, desire”), and to ap?scor (“to obtain”); see optate and opt.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?(?)?pa?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /o??pa?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Verb

opine (third-person singular simple present opines, present participle opining, simple past and past participle opined)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To have or express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).

   I opined that matters would soon become considerably worse.

   "Your decisions," she opined, "have been unfailingly disastrous for this company."

2. (intransitive) To give one's formal opinion (on or upon something).

   I had to opine on the situation because I thought a different perspective was in order.

Derived terms

• opination

Related terms

• opinion
• opinionated

Translations

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ???? (opós, “juice of a plant”) +? -ine.

Noun

opine (plural opines)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant tumours

Translations

Further reading

• opine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• opine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: opinent, opines

Verb

opine

1. first-person singular present indicative of opiner
2. third-person singular present indicative of opiner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of opiner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of opiner
5. second-person singular imperative of opiner

Italian

Noun

opine

1. plural of opina

Portuguese

Verb

opine

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of opinar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of opinar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of opinar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of opinar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?pine/, [o?pi.ne]

Verb

opine

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of opinar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of opinar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of opinar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of opinar.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?va?n/

Adjective

ovine (not comparable)

1. of, pertaining to, resembling, or being a sheep
   • 1992, Colin Tudge, Last Animals at the Zoo: How Mass Extinction Can be Stopped, page 175

     Thus, in general, cattle sperm are reasonably robust, but sheep much less so. Antelope, evolutionarily speaking, are somewhere between cattle and sheep: some are cattle-like, and some are more ovine.

2. (figuratively, by extension) resembling a sheep in character; passive, of low intelligence and acquiescent

Synonyms

• (of or relating to sheep): sheeplike, sheepy
• (resembling a sheep in character): sheepish

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

ovine (plural ovines)

1. A sheep.

Translations

Anagrams

• envoi

French

Adjective

ovine

1. feminine singular of ovin

Anagrams

• envoi

Italian

Adjective

ovine

1. feminine plural of ovino

Anagrams

• niveo

Latin

Adjective

ov?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of ov?nus