oval
Portuguese, adjective/oˈvaw/
oval is spelled O-V-A-L (4 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,561st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oval is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “oval (shaped like an egg)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “com forma de ovo”.
What does oval mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineoval (shaped like an egg)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. com forma de ovo
noun: 1. curva plana fechada, alongada como um ovo
noun: 1. circuito de corrida automotiva que consiste de uma curva fechada alongada como um ovo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of oval
- ovais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oval?
- Brazil /oˈvaw/
- Brazil [oˈvaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ɔˈval/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oval
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oval in Portuguese?
oval appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).