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ova¹

  • /ˈəʊ̯.və/ UK
  • /ˈoʊ̯.və/ Canada, US
  • /ˈɐʉ̯.və/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ˈəʉ̯.və/ Australia, New Zealand, also
  • /ˈo.və/ Scotland
  • /ˈo.vʌ/ Scotland
  • /ˈoː.va/ India

Rhymes with -əʊvə

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin ōva (“eggs”), plural of ōvum (“egg”).

noun

  1. plural plural of ovum (“gamete”)

ova²

Where it comes from

Used to represent a non-rhotic pronunciation of over.

preposition

  1. dialectal, nonstandard, pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of over OK, get in dat pirogue ova dere, en be still. Don't move hombre!!! We don't you and larry to flip!

OVA³

noun OVAs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of original video animation, a direct-to-video anime.
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of Open Virtualization format Archive

    Similar: OAV

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: zygote, meroblastic, operculated, centrolecithal, telolecithal, egg, ovule, ia, eggs, gametes, macrogametes, avod, tvod, pvod, t.o.d., svod

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"ova." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ova. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

ova. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ova

Chicago

"ova." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ova.

BibTeX
@misc{ova_2026,
  title = {ova},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ova},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}