Meanings
- The official office of the President of the United States, located in the West Wing of the White House.
The Oval Office itself is not that large, but it has a special atmosphere about it. Even as I left the presidency, I had the same feeling of awe and reverence for the room as when I first entered it in earlier administrations.
1998, George H. W. Bush, Brent Scowcroft, A World Transformed, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 291 more example
Saturday’s tariffs are unlikely to be Trump’s last. The president said himself said in the Oval Office that additional tariffs could come by mid-February on chips, pharmaceuticals, steel, aluminum, copper, oil and gas imports – along with tariffs on the European Union – all threats that few would discount given his willingness to follow through on the North American and China tariffs on Saturday.
2025 February 1, Kevin Liptak, “With stiff tariffs he promised now in place, Trump opens a new trade war”, in CNNSynonyms: Oval
- USmetonymicallyThe US presidency and its administration.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe official office of the President of the United States, located in the West Wing of the White House.
Translations
Arabic الْمَكْتَب الْبَيْضَاوِيّ
- الْمَكْتَب الْبَيْضَاوِيّ (al-maktab al-bayḍāwiyy)office of the President of the United States
Bulgarian Ова́лен кабине́т
- Ова́лен кабине́т (Oválen kabinét)office of the President of the United States
Chinese Mandarin 橢圓形辦公室 /椭圆形办公室
- 橢圓形辦公室 /椭圆形办公室 (tuǒyuánxíng bàngōngshì)office of the President of the United States
Czech Oválná pracovna
- Oválná pracovnaoffice of the President of the United States
Estonian Ovaalkabinet
- Ovaalkabinetoffice of the President of the United States
Finnish Oval Office
- Oval Officeoffice of the President of the United States
French Bureau ovale
- Bureau ovaleoffice of the President of the United States
German Oval Office
- Oval Officeoffice of the President of the United States
Hungarian Ovális Iroda
- Ovális Irodaoffice of the President of the United States
Italian Studio Ovale
- Studio Ovaleoffice of the President of the United States
Japanese 大統領執務室, オーバルオフィス
- 大統領執務室 (daitōryō shitsumushitsu)office of the President of the United States
- オーバルオフィス (ōbaru ofisu)office of the President of the United States
Korean 오벌 오피스
- 오벌 오피스 (obeol opiseu)office of the President of the United States
Polish Gabinet Owalny
- Gabinet Owalnyoffice of the President of the United States
Portuguese Salão Oval, Sala Oval
- Salão Ovaloffice of the President of the United States
- Sala Ovaloffice of the President of the United States
Romanian Biroul Oval
- Biroul Ovaloffice of the President of the United States
Russian ова́льный кабине́т
- ова́льный кабине́т (oválʹnyj kabinét)office of the President of the United States
Spanish Despacho Oval, Oficina Oval
- Despacho Ovaloffice of the President of the United States
- Oficina Ovaloffice of the President of the United States
Swahili Ofisi ya Oval
- Ofisi ya Ovaloffice of the President of the United States
Turkish Oval Ofis
- Oval Ofisoffice of the President of the United States
Ukrainian ова́льний кабіне́т
- ова́льний кабіне́т (oválʹnyj kabinét)office of the President of the United States
Cite this entry
Oval Office. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oval%20Office
“Oval Office.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oval%20Office. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Oval Office,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oval%20Office.
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