# oval
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈəʊvəl/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈoʊvəl/
* Rhymes: -əʊvəl

### Noun

oval (plural ovals)
* An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.
* A thing having such a shape, such as an arena.
* (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.
* (Australia) A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape.

#### Derived terms

* Cassinian oval
* Cassini oval
* flat oval
* hyperoval
* oval of Cassini
* oval squid
* oval window
* roval
* tri-oval

#### Translations
### Adjective

oval (comparative more oval, superlative most oval)
* Having the shape of an oval.
* Of or pertaining to an ovum.
** 1901, Havelock Ellis, Sexual inversion, page 187:Every congenital abnormality is doubtless due to a peculiarity in the sperm or oval elements or in their mingling, or to some disturbance in their early development.
    oval conceptions

#### 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.

#### Synonyms

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

#### Derived terms

* bioval
* circumoval
* monoval
* ovaline
* ovalish
* ovally
* oval-shaped
* perioval
* plurioval
* unioval

#### Translations
### See also

* ovoid
* ovum

### Anagrams

* vola

## Asturian
### Adjective

oval (epicene, plural ovales)
* oval (oval-shaped)

#### Synonyms

* ovaláu

## Catalan
### Etymology

From ou +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [uˈβal]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [oˈval]

### Adjective

oval m or f (masculine and feminine plural ovals)
* oval
    Synonym: ovalat

### Noun

oval m (plural ovals)
* 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, 2025
* “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.

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oˈvæˀl/

### Noun

oval c (singular definite ovalen, plural indefinite ovaler)
* oval (shape)
* oval (object)

#### Declension
### Adjective

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

#### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

### References

* “oval” in Den Danske Ordbog

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

oval (strong nominative masculine singular ovaler, comparative ovaler, superlative am ovalsten)
* oval
    Synonyms: eiförmig, eirund

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Internationalism, ultimately derived from Medieval Latin ovālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔo.fal/
* Rhymes: -fal
* Hyphenation: o‧val

### Adjective

oval
* oval
    Synonyms: lonjong, bulat panjang, bulat telur, jorong

### Further reading

* “oval” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin ovalis, from ovum (“egg”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

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

### Noun

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

### Noun

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

### References

* “oval” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /oˈvaw/ [oˈvaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔˈval/ [ɔˈvaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔˈval/ [ɔˈvaɫ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ɔˈbal/ [ɔˈβaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɔˈva.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: o‧val

### Adjective

oval m or f (plural ovais)
* oval (shaped like an egg)
    Synonyms: ovalado, ovoide

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French ovale.

### Adjective

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

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

* IPA: /oˈbal/ [oˈβ̞al]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: o‧val

### Adjective

oval m or f (masculine and feminine plural ovales)
* oval (shaped like an oval)
    Synonym: ovalado

#### Related terms

* huevo
* ovalado
* óvalo
* ovoide

### Further reading

* “oval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Adjective

oval (not comparable)
* oval (having an elongated round shape)

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### See also

* elliptisk

### Noun

oval c
* an oval (elongated round shape)

#### See also

* ellips

### References

* oval in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* oval in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* oval in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)