ovolo
noun
ovolo is a noun meaning “A classical convex moulding carved with an egg and dart ornament” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled O-V-O-L-O, and it appears about once in every 55 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of ovolo is ovolos or ovoli.
What does ovolo mean?
noun
- 1
A classical convex moulding carved with an egg and dart ornament.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of ovolo
- ovolos plural
- ovoli plural
- ovulo
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ovolo?
Ovolo appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does ovolo come from?
From Italian ovolo, from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of ovule.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).