oval
pronunciation
How to pronounce oval in British English:
UK [ˈəʊvl]
How to pronounce oval in American English:
US [ˈoʊvl]
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- Noun:
- a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
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- Adjective:
- rounded like an egg
Word Origin
- oval (adj.)
- 1570s, from Modern Latin ovalis "egg-shaped" (source of French oval, 1540s), literally "of or pertaining to an egg," from Latin ovum "egg" (see ovary). The classical Latin word was ovatus.
- oval (n.)
- 1560s, from Middle French ovalle "oval figure," from Medieval Latin ovalis (see oval (adj.)).
Example
- 1. The oval office has gotten a makeover .
- 2. Such is the fate of those who occupy the oval office .
- 3. Obama puts a basket for phones outside of the oval office .
- 4. An oval with a stick does the job of a pointing hand .
- 5. I took her upstairs to the oval mirror and switched on the light .