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Is ovation a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ovation is a Scrabble US word. The word ovation is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word ovation is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

OVATION,

5-letter words (2 found)

AVION,NOOIT,

4-letter words (19 found)

ANTI,INTO,IOTA,NAOI,NOTA,NOVA,OINT,ONTO,OONT,TAIN,TIAN,TINA,TOON,VAIN,VANT,VINA,VINO,VINT,VITA,

3-letter words (28 found)

AIN,AIT,ANI,ANT,AVO,ION,ITA,NAT,NAV,NIT,NOO,NOT,OAT,ONO,OON,OOT,OVA,TAI,TAN,TAO,TAV,TIN,TON,TOO,VAN,VAT,VIA,VIN,

2-letter words (14 found)

AI,AN,AT,IN,IO,IT,NA,NO,OI,ON,OO,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 64 words from ovation according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ovation

ovation

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [ə(ʊ)ˈveɪ.ʃn̩]
  • (General American) IPA(key): /oʊˈveɪ.ʃən/, [oʊˈveɪ.ʃn̩]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /əʉˈvæɪ.ʃn̩/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən
  • Hyphenation: ovat‧ion

Etymology 1

The noun is derived from Latin ovātiōnem + English -ion (suffix indicating an action or process, or the result of an action or process). Ovātiōnem is the accusative of ovātiō (“minor triumph; processional entry”), from ovō (“to exult, rejoice; to applaud”) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to some action or the result of an action); ovō is onomatopoeic. The English word is cognate with Italian ovazione (“(Ancient Rome) minor triumph; applause”), Middle French ovation (modern French ovation (“(Ancient Rome) minor triumph; public acclamation; applause”)), Portuguese ovação (“acclamation, ovation”), Spanish ovación (“ovation”).

The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

ovation (plural ovations)

  1. (Ancient Rome) A victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph.
  2. (by extension) A (ceremony for the) recognition of some achievement.
  3. (by extension) Prolonged enthusiastic applause.
Derived terms
  • standing ovation
Translations

Verb

ovation (third-person singular simple present ovations, present participle ovationing, simple past and past participle ovationed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, informal, rare) To give (someone) an ovation (prolonged enthusiastic applause).
    Synonym: (informal) ovate

Etymology 2

From Late Latin ovatio (“egg-laying”) + English -ion (suffix indicating an action or process, or the result of an action or process). Ovatio is derived from ovāre (“to lay eggs”), from Latin ōvum (“egg”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“dress; to be dressed, clothe oneself”)) + -āre.

Noun

ovation (uncountable)

  1. (zoology, obsolete, rare) The act of laying eggs.

References

Further reading

  • ovation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • oviparity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ovātiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.va.sjɔ̃/

Noun

ovation f (plural ovations)

  1. ovation

Derived terms

  • ovationner

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

ovation c

  1. (often in the plural) ovation

Declension

Derived terms

  • stående ovationer (“standing ovations”)

See also

  • bifall
  • jubel

References

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

Source: wiktionary.org