ab ovo

adverb meaning "from the beginning"
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ab ovo

Summary

ab ovo is a locution[1]. It draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (locution category, ranking #8 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • ab ovo's instance of is recorded as locution[3].
  • ab ovo's instance of is recorded as Latin phrase[4].
  • ab ovo's language of work or name is recorded as Latin[5].
  • ab ovo's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/047v79[6].
  • ab ovo's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0073787[7].
  • ab ovo's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • ab ovo's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • ab ovo's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • ab ovo's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • ab ovo's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/ab-ovo[12].
  • ab ovo's word in DPEJ of RAE ID is recorded as ab-ovo[13].
  • ab ovo's Proleksis enciklopedija ID is recorded as 6531[14].
  • ab ovo's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as ab-ovo[15].

Why It Matters

ab ovo draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (locution category, ranking #8 of 10).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). ab ovo. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ab-ovo
MLA “ab ovo.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ab-ovo.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ab-ovo_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{ab ovo}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ab-ovo}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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