Egg

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.4 Related terms 1.5 See also 2 Icelandic 2.1 Noun 3 Norwegian 3.1 Noun 4 Swedish 4.1 Noun

English

Pronunciation

• ĕg, /eg/, /eg/

Noun

egg (countable and uncountable; plural: eggs)

1. (Biology, Countable) the female primary cell, the ovum
2. (Zoology, Countable) an approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, snakes, insects and other animals housing the embryo during its development.
3. (Countable) The egg of a hen, goose, quail or other bird used by humans as food.
4. (Uncountable) The contents of one or more (hen's usually) eggs used as a food.

   I also determine the minimal amount of egg required to make good mayonnaise.

Synonyms

• (1): ovum, oocyte

Translations

Alabama: hanakbootoklo Albanian: vezë f Arabic: بيضة Breton: vi m Catalan: ou m Cornish: oy m Chamorro: chada' Chichewa: dzira Chinese: 蛋 (dàn) Czech: vejce , vajíčko n Danish: æg Dutch: ei n, kippenei , eendenei , slangenei Esperanto: ovo Estonian: munarakk (1), muna (2, 3, 4) Finnish: muna (2), munasolu (1) French: œuf m Frisian: aei German: Ei n Greek: αβγό (avgó) Guarani: upi'a (t-) Hawaiian: hua , hua moa (hen's egg) Hebrew: ביצה f Hungarian: tojás Icelandic: egg Ido: ovo Indonesian: telur Interlingua: ovo

Italian: uovo m (plural: uova f) Japanese: 卵 (たまご , tamago) Korean: 달걀 (dalgyal), 계란 (鷄卵 , gyeran) Lao: ໄຂ (kay) Latin: ovum n Lithuanian: (1): kiaušinėlis m, kiaušialąstė f; (2, 3): kiaušinis m Malay: telur Maori: heeki , hua Nahuatl: totoltetl (3) Norwegian: egg n Polish: jajko Portuguese: ovo m Romanian: ou n Russian: яйцо (yaytsó) n Slovak: vajce n Spanish: huevo m Swahili: yai Swedish: ägg n Tagalog: itlóg Tamil: முட்டை (muttai) Tupinambá: upi'a (t-) Turkish: yumurta , tohum (fertilized) яйце (yaytsé) n Volapük: nög Welsh: wy Zulu: i(li)qanda

Verb

egg (egged , egged)

1. to throw eggs at
2. to encourage.

Related terms

• boiled egg
• cuckoo's egg
• egg and spoon race
• egg beaters
• egg cup
• egg flip
• egg-nog, eggnog
• egg on
• egg-shell , eggshell
• egg white
• egg yolk
• Easter egg
• fried egg
• golden egg
• have egg on one's face
• nest egg
• over-egg
• scrambled egg

See also

• caviar
• roe

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Icelandic

Noun

egg

1. egg

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Norwegian

Noun

egg

1. egg

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Swedish

Noun

egg c (pl eggar, def sing eggen, def pl eggarna)

1. The sharp edge of a knife, sword or similar.