Egg

Noun

 * 1)  An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, snakes, insects and other animals housing the embryo during its development.
 * 2)  The egg of a domestic fowl as an item of food.
 * 3)  The contents of one or more (hen's usually) eggs as a culinary ingredient, etc.
 * I also determine the minimal amount of egg required to make good mayonnaise.
 * 1)  The female primary cell, the ovum.
 * 2) Something shaped like an egg, such as an Easter egg or a chocolate egg.
 * 3) A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, associated with an injury.
 * , A person of Caucasian (Western) ancestry, who has a strong desire to learn about and immerse him- or herself in East Asian culture, and/or such a person who is perceived as behaving as if he or she were Asian.
 * 1)   A foolish or obnoxious person.
 * Shut up, you egg!

Verb

 * 1) To throw eggs at.
 * 2) To dip in or coat with beaten egg (cooking).
 * 3) To distort a circular cross-section (as in a tube) to an elliptical or oval shape, either inadvertently or intentionally.
 * After I cut the tubing, I found that I had slightly egged it in the vise.

Verb

 * 1)  To encourage, incite.

Adjectives
pendent; ostrich; whipped; fried; poached; scrambled; hot.

Thesaurus
Anlage, albumen, boiled eggs, bud, caviar, coddled eggs, deviled eggs, dropped eggs, egg cell, egg white, eggs, eggshell, embryo, female gamete, fish eggs, fried eggs, germ, germen, glair, loins, nucleus, omelet, ooecium, ovicell, ovule, ovum, poached eggs, roe, rudiment, scrambled eggs, seed, shirred eggs, souffle, spawn, spermatozoon, stirp, stuffed eggs, vitellus, white, yellow, yolk

Etymology 1
From egg:, from, by Holtzmann's Law from. The southern English ey (pl. eyren), akin to German Ei survived into the 16th century before being fully replaced by egg.

Etymology 2
From eggja:.

Noun

 * Afrikaans:
 * Ancient Greek:
 * Arabic: بيضة
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri:
 * Basque:, arraultza
 * Belarusian: яйка
 * Bengali: ডিম
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian: яйце
 * Burmese:
 * Chechen:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 蛋, 雞蛋, 鸡蛋
 * Min Nan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dolgan:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Estonian:
 * Filipino:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Gagauz:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: ઇંડા
 * Hebrew:
 * Hiligaynon:
 * Hindi: अंडा
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: telur
 * Balinese:
 * Banjarese:
 * Buginese:
 * Javanese: enḍog
 * Madurese:
 * Minangkabau:
 * Sundanese: endog
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 卵, たまご
 * Kannada: ಮೊಟ್ಟೆ
 * Kazakh:
 * Khakas:
 * Korean:
 * Lao:
 * Lao:


 * Latgalian:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: ola
 * Lithuanian: kiaušinis
 * Luxembourgish: Ee
 * Macedonian: јајце
 * Malay:
 * Ngarrindjeri:
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Old Irish:
 * Persian: تخم, تخم مرغ
 * Polish:, jajko
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: ov, iev, öv
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: јајце
 * Roman: jajce
 * Sicilian:, ou
 * Slovak: vajce
 * Slovene: jajce
 * Sorbian:
 * Upper Sorbian: jejo
 * Sotho:
 * Southern Altai:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tamil: முட்டை
 * Taos: p’ȍxwíana
 * Telugu: గుడ్డు
 * Thai: ไข่
 * Tswana:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen:
 * Uab Meto: ,
 * Ukrainian: яйце
 * Urdu:
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: trứng
 * Volapük: nög
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:
 * Yakut:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Ancient Greek:
 * Arabic: بيضة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Aromanian:
 * Basque:, arraultza
 * Bosnian:
 * Burmese:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 蛋, 雞蛋, 鸡蛋
 * Min Nan:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Eshtehardi:
 * Estonian:
 * Filipino:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hiligaynon:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Jamaican Creole:
 * Japanese: 卵, たまご
 * Lao:
 * Latin:


 * Latvian: ola
 * Lithuanian: kiaušinis
 * Luhya:
 * Luxembourgish: Ee
 * Malay: telur
 * Manx: ooh
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Old Irish:
 * Papiamentu:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: ov, iev, öv
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovene: jajce
 * Sotho:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Turkish:
 * Uab Meto: ,
 * Ukrainian: яйце
 * Urdu:
 * Volapük: nög
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:
 * Wiradhuri: kábuka


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: (béiɖa)
 * Armenian: ,
 * Basque:, arraultza
 * Bosnian:
 * Chinese: 蛋 (dàn), 雞蛋, 鸡蛋 (jīdàn) hen’s egg
 * Min Nan: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Filipino:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hiligaynon:
 * Hungarian: tojás
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 卵 (たまご, tamago)
 * Lao:
 * Latin:


 * Latvian: ola
 * Lithuanian: kiaušinis
 * Luxembourgish: Ee
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ou
 * Romansch: ov, iev, öv
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovene: jajce
 * Sotho:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: яйце
 * Urdu:
 * Volapük: nög
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:


 * Armenian:
 * Basque: obulu
 * Bosnian: jajna ćelija
 * Chinese: 卵 (luǎn), 卵子 (luǎnzi)
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Estonian:
 * Filipino:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ovule
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hiligaynon:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 卵 (たまご, tamago; らん, ran)


 * Latin:
 * Latvian: olšūna
 * Lithuanian: kiaušinėlis
 * Luxembourgish: Eezell
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: komórka jajowa
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ovul
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene: jajčece
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * West Frisian:


 * Bosnian:


 * Finnish:


 * : eier
 * : hanakbootoklo
 * : ve, vezë
 * : ডীম
 * : vi
 * : яйце (jajtse)
 * : ou
 * : chada'
 * : dzira
 * : oy
 * : კვერცხი (kvertsxi)
 * : upi'a (t-)
 * : gundil, wurruun (avoidance language)
 * : ઇંડું (i.ndu.n)
 * : hua, hua moa (hen’s egg)
 * : अंडा (a.ndā)
 * : ovo
 * : itlog
 * : ovo
 * : (bporng)
 * : 알 (al)
 * : hêk ,
 * : (1): kiaušinėlis, kiaušialąstė ; (2, 3): kiaušinis
 * : јајца
 * : 알 (al)
 * : hêk ,
 * : (1): kiaušinėlis, kiaušialąstė ; (2, 3): kiaušinis
 * : јајца


 * : अंड (anda)
 * : heeki, hua
 * : totoltetl (3)
 * : (toxme morgh)
 * : ngampu
 * : ਅਂਡਾ
 * : andha, dhim
 * : ānro
 * : ou
 * : fua
 * : अण्ड
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman: jaje
 * : zai, zanda
 * : yai, mayai pl (noun 5/6)
 * : itlog
 * : ⵜⴰⴳⵍⴰⵢⵜ (taglayt)
 * : முட்டை (muttai)
 * : (kai)
 * : kiau
 * : fo'i manu
 * : upi'a (t-)
 * : yumurta, tohum (fertilized)
 * : nög
 * : mula
 * : iliqanda, iqanda
 * : fo'i manu
 * : upi'a (t-)
 * : yumurta, tohum (fertilized)
 * : nög
 * : mula
 * : iliqanda, iqanda
 * : iliqanda, iqanda

Verb

 * Finnish: heittää kananmunilla


 * Swahili:


 * Finnish: kastaa kananmunaan, voidella kananmunalla


 * Swahili:

Derived terms

 * bad egg
 * boiled egg
 * cuckoo’s egg
 * curate’s egg
 * don't put all your eggs in one basket
 * Easter egg
 * egg and spoon race
 * egg beaters
 * egg cup
 * egg flip
 * egg-nog, eggnog
 * egg-shell, eggshell
 * egg tart
 * egg-timer


 * egg white
 * egg yolk
 * fried egg
 * golden egg
 * good egg
 * have egg on one’s face
 * nest egg
 * over-egg
 * poached egg
 * power-egg
 * scrambled egg, scrambled eggs
 * sure as eggs is eggs

Verb

 * Finnish:
 * Greek: προτρέπω


 * Swahili:

Derived terms

 * egg on

Etymology
From egg:, from, from.

Noun

 * 1) egg

Noun

 * 1) blade, edge
 * 2) border, edge of a cliff

Etymology 1
From egg:, from, from. Cognate with Old English æg: (obsolete English ey:); Swedish ägg:; Old High German ei: (German Ei:).

Noun

 * 1)  an egg
 * 2) an oval shaped object
 * 3) the ovum

Synonyms

 * eggfruma

Derived terms

 * eggjahvíta
 * eggjarauða
 * eggjasalad
 * eggjaskurn
 * páskaegg

Etymology 2
From the word egg:, which came from  which came from, ultimately from.

Cognates include Old Frisian egg:, Old Saxon eggia: (Dutch egge:); Old English ecg: (English edge:); Old High German egga: (German Ecke:); Swedish egg:.

The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin acies:, Greek ἀκίς:.

Noun

 * 1)  the sharp edge of a knife, sword, or similar
 * 2) a sharp edge on a mountain

Derived terms

 * með oddi og egg/með oddi og eggju

Etymology
From egg:, from, from.

Noun

 * 1) egg

Noun

 * 1) egg

Etymology
From the word egg:, from, from , ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) The sharp edge of a cutting tool.