different between ovule vs oats

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

oats

1. plural of oat

Noun

oats pl (plural only)

1. A mass of oat plants (genus Avena, especially Avena sativa).

2. Seeds of an oat plant, especially prepared as food.

Synonyms

• haver

Coordinate terms

• (Cereals) cereal; barley, fonio, maize/corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, teff, triticale, wheat

Derived terms

• feel one's oats
• sow one's wild oats
• get one's oats

Translations

Anagrams

• OTAs, SOTA, Sato, Sota, Taos, Tsao, as to, oast, stoa, taos, toas, tosa