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nounThe female gamete in animals; the egg cell.
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Afrikaans eiersel
- eierselgamete
Arabic بُيَيْضَة, بُوَيْضَة
- بُيَيْضَة (buyayḍa)gamete
- بُوَيْضَة (buwayḍa)gamete
Basque obulu
- obulugamete
Bengali ডিম্বাণু
- ডিম্বাণু (ḍimbanu)gamete
Bulgarian яйцекле́тка
- яйцекле́тка (jajceklétka)gamete
Catalan òvul
- òvulgamete
Chinese Cantonese 卵
- 卵gamete
Chinese Mandarin 卵, 卵子
- 卵 (luǎn)gamete
- 卵子 (luǎnzǐ)gamete
Czech vajíčko
- vajíčkogamete
Danish æg, ægcelle
- æggamete
- ægcellegamete
Dutch eicel
- eicelgamete
Estonian munarakk
- munarakkgamete
Finnish munasolu
- munasolugamete
French ovule
- ovulegamete
German Ovum, Eizelle
- Ovumgamete
- Eizellegamete
Greek αβγό, ωάριο
- αβγό (avgó)gamete
- ωάριο (oário)gamete
Hawaiian hua
- huagamete
Hebrew בֵּיצִית
- בֵּיצִית (beitsít)gamete
Hindi डिम्ब
- डिम्ब (ḍimb)gamete
Hungarian pete, petesejt
- petegamete
- petesejtgamete
Icelandic egg, eggfruma
- egggamete
- eggfrumagamete
Indonesian ovum
- ovumgamete
Irish ubh, ubhán
- ubhgamete
- ubhángamete
Italian ovulo
- ovulogamete
Japanese 卵, 卵子
- 卵 (ran)gamete
- 卵子 (ranshi)gamete
Korean 난자, 란자
- 난자 (nanja)gamete
- 란자 (ranja)gamete
Latin ovum
- ovumgamete
Latvian olšūna
- olšūnagamete
Lithuanian kiaušialąstė, kiaušinėlis
- kiaušialąstėgamete
- kiaušinėlisgamete
Malay ovum, اوۏوم
- ovumgamete
- اوۏومgamete
Norwegian Bokmål egg, eggcelle
- egggamete
- eggcellegamete
Polish jajo, jajeczko
- jajogamete
- jajeczkogamete
- komórka jajowagamete
Portuguese óvulo
- óvulogamete
Romanian ovul
- ovulgamete
Russian яйцекле́тка
- яйцекле́тка (jajceklétka)gamete
Scottish Gaelic ugh
- ughgamete
Slovak vajcová bunka, vajíčko
- vajcová bunkagamete
- vajíčkogamete
Spanish óvulo
- óvulogamete
Swahili yai
- yaigamete
Swedish ägg, äggcell
- ägggamete
- äggcellgamete
Tagalog itlog
- itloggamete
Tamil முட்டை
- முட்டை (muṭṭai)gamete
Thai เซลล์ไข่
- เซลล์ไข่ (seel-kài)gamete
Turkish ovum, yumurta
- ovumgamete
- yumurtagamete
- yumurta hücresigamete
Ukrainian яйцекліти́на
- яйцекліти́на (jajceklitýna)gamete
Urdu اَنْڈا
- اَنْڈا (anḍā)gamete
Vietnamese noãn, trứng
- noãngamete
- trứnggamete
Cite this entry
APA
ovum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ovum
MLA
“ovum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ovum. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ovum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ovum.
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