different between ovate vs oviform

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???ve?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?ve?t/

Etymology 1

oval + -ate, from Latin ovatus.

Adjective

ovate (comparative more ovate, superlative most ovate)

1. Shaped like an egg.
2. (botany, of leaves) With the broadest extremity near the base.

Synonyms

• egg-shaped
• ovoid

Derived terms

• obovate

Translations

Etymology 2

See vates

Noun

ovate (plural ovates)

1. An Irish bard.
2. A member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.
3. A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod.

Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected form of ov?tus, perfect passive participle of ov? (“rejoice, applaud”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /o?u?a?.te/, [??u?ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o?va.te/, [??v??t??]

Participle

ov?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ov?tus

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ?v?tus, from ?vum (“egg”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /o??u?a?.te/, [o??u?ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o?va.te/, [??v??t??]

Adjective

?v?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?v?tus

English

Etymology

ovi- +? -form

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?.v?f??m/, IPA^(key): /?o?.vi?f??m/

Adjective

oviform (comparative more oviform, superlative most oviform)

1. egg-shaped

Synonyms

• egg-shaped
• ovate
• ovoid

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French oviforme

Adjective

oviform m or n (feminine singular oviform?, masculine plural oviformi, feminine and neuter plural oviforme)

1. oviform

Declension