ovate

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊveɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊveɪt/

oval + -ate, from Latin ovatus.

Ovate leaf form

ovate (comparative more ovate, superlative most ovate)

1. Shaped like an egg.
2. (botany, of leaves) With the broadest extremity near the base.

• egg-shaped
• ovoid

• obovate

See vates

ovate (plural ovates)

1. An Irish bard.
2. A member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.
3. A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod.

Inflected form of ovātus, perfect passive participle of ovō (“rejoice, applaud”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oˈwaː.te/, [ɔˈwaː.tɛ]

ovāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ovātus

Inflected form of ōvātus, from ōvum (“egg”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oːˈwaː.te/, [oːˈwaː.tɛ]

ōvāte

1. vocative masculine singular of ōvātus