different between ovule vs funiculus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French ovule (“ovum”), from Latin ?vum (“egg”). Doublet of ovolo.

Noun

ovule (plural ovules)

1. (botany) The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization; the megasporangium of a seed plant with its enclosing integuments.
2. (zoology) An immature ovum in mammals.

Translations

Anagrams

• Louve

French

Etymology

Latin ?vum (“egg”) +? -ule (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.vyl/
• Homophones: ovulent, ovules

Noun

ovule m (plural ovules)

1. (biology) ovum
2. (pharmacology) ovule (dosage form)

Verb

ovule

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

Further reading

• “ovule” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Verb

ovule

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

Spanish

Verb

ovule

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

English

Etymology

From Latin funiculus, diminutive of funis (“rope, cord”) +? -culus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fj??n?k.j?l.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fj??n?k.j?l.?s/, /f??n?k.j?l.?s/
• Rhymes: -?kj?l?s

Noun

funiculus (plural funiculi)

1. (anatomy) Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres in the spinal cord
2. (botany) A stalk that connects the seed (or ovule) with the placenta

Translations

References

• “funiculus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “funiculus”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from f?nis (“cord, rope”) +? -culus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fu??ni.ku.lus/, [fu??n?k????s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fu?ni.ku.lus/, [fu?ni?kulus]

Noun

f?niculus m (genitive f?nicul?); second declension

1. A slender rope, cord.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (cord): f?nicula, l?num, vinculum

Related terms

Descendants

References

• funiculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• funiculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• funiculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• funiculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette