different between prolate vs oval

English

Etymology

From Latin prolatum, past participle of proferre (“to extend, lengthen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p???.le?t/, /p????le?t/

Adjective

prolate (comparative more prolate, superlative most prolate)

1. Elongated at the poles.

   A cigar is a prolate spheroid.

Translations

Antonyms

• oblate

Related terms

• proffer

See also

• equidimensional

Verb

prolate (third-person singular simple present prolates, present participle prolating, simple past and past participle prolated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To utter; to pronounce.
   • 1629, Ben Jonson, The New Inn

     Prolate it right.

Anagrams

• La Porte, LaPorte, Laporte, Platero, Portela, patrole

Latin

Participle

pr?l?te

1. vocative masculine singular of pr?l?tus

English

Etymology

From Late Latin ovalis, from ovum; cognate with French and Italian ovale, Dutch ovaal. From 1570.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???v?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?v?l/
• Rhymes: -??v?l

Noun

oval (plural ovals)

1. An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.
2. A thing having such a shape, such as an arena.
3. (mathematics) In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point.
4. (Australia) A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape.

Derived terms

• hyperoval
• roval

Translations

Adjective

oval (comparative more oval, superlative most oval)

1. Having the shape of an oval.
2. Of or pertaining to an ovum.

   oval conceptions

Synonyms

• ovular, ovate, ovoid, ovaline, elliptical, egg-shaped

Usage notes

Any of the English adjectives derived from Latin ovum (including oval, ovate, ovoid) are typically considered synonymous when referring to egg-like shapes where one end is wider than the other but, out of all of them, oval is the most likely to be used in reference to a symmetrical ellipse.

Derived terms

• bioval
• circumoval
• ovaline
• ovalish
• ovally
• perioval
• plurioval
• monoval
• unioval

Translations

See also

• ovoid
• ovum

Anagrams

• vola

Asturian

Adjective

oval (epicene, plural ovales)

1. oval (oval-shaped)

Synonyms

• ovaláu

Catalan

Etymology

ou +? -al

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /o?val/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /u?bal/

Adjective

oval (masculine and feminine plural ovals)

1. oval

   Synonym: ovalat

Noun

oval m (plural ovals)

1. oval

Related terms

• ovoide

Further reading

• “oval” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “oval” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “oval” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “oval” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

oval (comparative ovaler, superlative am ovalsten)

1. oval

Synonyms

• eiförmig
• eirund

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ovalis, from ovum (“egg”)

Adjective

oval (neuter singular ovalt, definite singular and plural ovale)

1. oval

Noun

oval m (definite singular ovalen, indefinite plural ovaler, definite plural ovalene)

1. an oval

Derived terms

• ovalformet

References

• “oval” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ovalis, from ovum (“egg”)

Adjective

oval (neuter singular ovalt, definite singular and plural ovale)

1. oval

Noun

oval m (definite singular ovalen, indefinite plural ovalar, definite plural ovalane)

1. an oval

References

• “oval” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Adjective

oval m or f (plural ovais, comparable)

1. oval (shaped like an egg)

   Synonyms: ovalado, ovoide

Romanian

Etymology

From French ovale

Adjective

oval m or n (feminine singular oval?, masculine plural ovali, feminine and neuter plural ovale)

1. oval

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?bal/, [o???al]

Adjective

oval (plural ovales)

1. oval (shaped like an oval)

   Synonym: ovalado

Related terms

• óvalo
• ovoide
• ovalado
• huevo

Further reading

• “oval” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.