# ovular
## English
### Etymology

From ovule +‎ -ar. In the feminist sense, chosen as an opposite to seminar because of that term's etymological link with semen, the male sexual fluid.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

ovular (comparative more ovular, superlative most ovular)
* Of or pertaining to an oval.
** 2023, Brandon Taylor, The Late Americans, Jonathan Cape, page 244:There were lights across the street and an ovular pool of light from Noah’s window on the grass between her and the back fence.
* Of or pertaining to an ovule.

### Noun

ovular (plural ovulars)
* (feminism, rare) A seminar for feminists.
** 1994, Christina Hoff Sommers, Who Stole Feminism?:Trebilco considers 'seminar' offensively 'masculinist', so she has replaced it with ovular, which she regards as its feminist equivalent.

#### References

* ↑ Who Stole Feminism?: How Women Have Betrayed Women - Christina Hoff Sommers - Google Livres

### Related terms

* ovulary

### Anagrams

* louvar, valour

## Catalan
### Adjective

ovular m or f (masculine and feminine plural ovulars)
* oval; ovular

### Verb

ovular (first-person singular present ovulo, first-person singular preterite ovulí, past participle ovulat)
* To ovulate

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /o.vuˈlaʁ/ [o.vuˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /o.vuˈlaʁ/ [o.vuˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /o.vuˈlaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /o.vuˈlaʁ/ [o.vuˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /o.vuˈlaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.vuˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.vuˈlaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.buˈlaɾ/ [ɔ.βuˈlaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.vuˈla.ɾi/

#### Adjective

ovular m or f (plural ovulares)
* oval (of or relating to an ovum)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /o.vuˈla(ʁ)/ [o.vuˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /o.vuˈla(ʁ)/ [o.vuˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /o.vuˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /o.vuˈla(ʁ)/ [o.vuˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /o.vuˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.vuˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.vuˈlaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.buˈlaɾ/ [ɔ.βuˈlaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.vuˈla.ɾi/

#### Verb

ovular (first-person singular present ovulo, first-person singular preterite ovulei, past participle ovulado)
* to ovulate (to produce eggs or ova)

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

##### Related terms

* óvulo

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French ovulaire.

### Adjective

ovular m or n (feminine singular ovulară, masculine plural ovulari, feminine and neuter plural ovulare)
* ovular

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /obuˈlaɾ/ [o.β̞uˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: o‧vu‧lar

### Verb

ovular (first-person singular present ovulo, first-person singular preterite ovulé, past participle ovulado)
* to ovulate

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | ovular | ovular | ovular | ovular | ovular |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | ovulando | ovulando | ovulando | ovulando | ovulando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | ovulado | ovulado | ovulada | ovulada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | ovulados | ovulados | ovuladas | ovuladas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | ovulo | ovulas$^{tú}$ ovulás$^{vos}$ | ovula | ovulamos | ovuláis | ovulan |
| indicative | imperfect | ovulaba | ovulabas | ovulaba | ovulábamos | ovulabais | ovulaban |
| indicative | preterite | ovulé | ovulaste | ovuló | ovulamos | ovulasteis | ovularon |
| indicative | future | ovularé | ovularás | ovulará | ovularemos | ovularéis | ovularán |
| indicative | conditional | ovularía | ovularías | ovularía | ovularíamos | ovularíais | ovularían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | ovule | ovules$^{tú}$ ovulés$^{vos2}$ | ovule | ovulemos | ovuléis | ovulen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | ovulara | ovularas | ovulara | ovuláramos | ovularais | ovularan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | ovulase | ovulases | ovulase | ovulásemos | ovulaseis | ovulasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | ovulare | ovulares | ovulare | ovuláremos | ovulareis | ovularen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | ovula$^{tú}$ ovulá$^{vos}$ | ovule | ovulemos | ovulad | ovulen |
| imperative | negative | | no ovules | no ovule | no ovulemos | no ovuléis | no ovulen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “ovular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014