ovni
Catalan
Etymology
Acronym of objecte volador no identificat, a calque of English unidentified flying object.
Pronunciation
Noun
ovni m (plural ovnis)
Hyponyms
Further reading
- “ovni”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Acronym of objet volant non identifié, a calque of English unidentified flying object.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔv.ni/
Audio: (file)
Noun
ovni m (plural ovnis)
- (initialism) UFO
- (by extension) a person or product that is surprising and difficult to classify
- 2019 July 27, Chloé Barbaux, “Les ratés du marketing : le Perrier Fluo voulait devenir la boisson d’une génération”, in Le Parisien[1]:
- La bouteille de cet ovni de la marque Perrier a même été primée pour son design.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ovni”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
Acronym of obxecto voador non identificado.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
ovni m (plural ovnis)
Portuguese
Noun
ovni m (plural ovnis)
- alternative spelling of óvni
Spanish
Etymology
Acronym of objeto volador no identificado, a calque of English unidentified flying object.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈobni/ [ˈoβ̞.ni]
- Rhymes: -obni
- Syllabification: ov‧ni
Noun
ovni m (plural ovnis)
Further reading
- “ovni”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024