English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin ovarium, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin ovaria (“bird ovary”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ovum (“egg”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ovary (plural ovaries)
- (anatomy) A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
- The male testicles are homologous to the female ovaries.
- (botany) The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.
Derived terms
Translations
female organ
- Arabic: مِبْيَض m (mibyaḍ), مَبِيض m (mabīḍ)
- Egyptian Arabic: مبيض m (mabyaḍ)
- Armenian: ձվարան (hy) (jvaran)
- Asturian: ovariu (ast) m
- Basque: obulutegi
- Belarusian: яе́чнік m (jajéčnik)
- Bengali: ডিম্বাশয় (ḑimbashôẏa)
- Breton: vigell
- Bulgarian: яйчник m (jájčnik)
- Catalan: ovari (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 卵巢 (zh) (luǎncháo)
- Czech: vaječník (cs) m
- Danish: æggestok (da)
- Dhivehi: ބިސްރަވަ (bisrava)
- Dutch: eierstok (nl) m, ovarium (nl) n
- Esperanto: ovario, ovujo
- Estonian: munasari
- Finnish: munasarja (fi)
- French: ovaire (fr) m
- Galician: ovario (gl) m
- German: Eierstock (de) m, Ovar (de) n, (rare) Ovarium (de) n
- Greek: ωοθήκη (el) f (oothíki)
- Ancient: ᾠοφόρος m (ōiophóros)
- Hebrew: שַׁחֲלָה (he) f (shakhala)
- Hindi: डिम्बग्रंथि (ḍimbagranthi)
- Hungarian: petefészek (hu)
- Icelandic: eggjastokkur (is)
- Indonesian: ovarium (id)
- Irish: ubhagán m, síollann f
- Italian: ovaia (it) f, ovaio m, ovario (it) m
- Japanese: 卵巣 (ja) (らんそう, ransō)
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- Korean: 난소 (ko) (nanso) (卵巢 (ko))
- Latvian: olnīca f
- Lithuanian: kiaušìdė f
- Macedonian: јајчник m (jájčnik)
- Maori: wharekano
- Marathi: अंडाशय m (aṇḍāśay), बीजांडकोश m (bījāṇḍkoś)
- Mongolian: өндгөвч (mn) (öndgövč)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: eggstokk m
- Nynorsk: eggstokk m
- Persian: تخمدان (toxm-dân)
- Polish: jajnik (pl) m
- Portuguese: ovário (pt) m
- Romanian: ovar (ro)
- Russian: яи́чник (ru) m (jaíčnik) (pronounced: jaíšnik)
- Scottish Gaelic: ughag f, ughlann f, uigheagan m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: јајник m, овариј m, оваријум m
- Roman: jajnik (sh) m, ovarij (sh) m, ovarijum m
- Slovak: vaječník (sk) m
- Slovene: jájčnik (sl) m
- Spanish: ovario (es) m
- Swedish: äggstock (sv)
- Tagalog: bahay-itlog, obaryo, itlugan
- Tamil: சூலகம் (cūlakam)
- Telugu: అండాశయము (te) (aṇḍāśayamu)
- Thai: รังไข่ (rang-kài)
- Turkish: yumurtalık (tr)
- Ukrainian: яєчник (uk) m (jajéčnyk)
- Vietnamese: buồng trứng (vi)
- Welsh: ofari
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