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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

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• wheate (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English whete, from Old English hw?te, from Proto-West Germanic *hwait?, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Icelandic hveiti), from *hw?taz (“white”). More at white.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi?t/
• (without the wine–whine merger) IPA^(key): /?i?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t

Noun

wheat (countable and uncountable, plural wheats)

1. (countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
2. (uncountable) A light brown colour, like that of wheat.

Synonyms

• (a plant of the genus Triticum): triticum

Coordinate terms

• (grains in Triticum): barley, fonio, maize/corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, triticale

Translations

Adjective

wheat (not comparable)

1. Wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.

Translations

Derived terms

Related terms

• white

See also

Anagrams

• Hewat, wathe