ovulation

From ovulate +‎ -ion.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒvjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑvjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

ovulation (countable and uncountable, plural ovulations)

1. (physiology) The release of an ovum from an ovary.

• “ovulation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ovulation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

From ovule +‎ -ation.

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.vy.la.sjɔ̃/

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ovulation f (plural ovulations)

1. ovulation

• → Dutch: ovulatie
  • → Indonesian: ovulasi

• “ovulation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

ovulation c

1. (physiology) ovulation

   Synonym: ägglossning

• ovulation in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ovulation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ovulation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)