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 Latin ovulum +‎ -tion.

ovulation c (singular definite ovulationen, plural indefinite ovulationer)

1. (biology, rare) ovulation

• ægløsning

• “ovulation” in Den Danske Ordbog

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 [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “ovulation”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “ovulation”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)