Image:Egg in straw nest.jpg|thumb|right|Eggs in a nest.
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English

Etymology
From Old Norse egg#Old Norse|egg, from Germanic *ajja-, by :w:Holtzmann's Law|Holtzmann's Law from Proto-Indo-European *oh�ujom (stem *oh�ujo-).

Pronunciation
IPA|/�g/
�g, /<tt>eg</tt>/
audio|en-us-egg.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�ɡ|-�ɡ

Noun
en-noun

1. context|zoology|countable An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, snakes, insects and other animals housing the embryo during its development.
2. countable The egg of a domestic fowl as an item of food.
3. uncountable 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. context|biology|countable The female primary cell, the ovum.

Shona: zai, zanda
Sicilian: ovu m
Slovak: vajce n
Slovene: jaj�ece n (1), jajce n (2, 3)
Spanish: huevo m
Swahili: yai, mayai pl (noun 5/6)
Swedish: ägg n
Tagalog: itlog
Tamazight: �ⴰⴳ�ⴰⵢ� (taglayt) f
Tamil: ம����� (muttai)
Thai: Thai|��� (kai) n
Tupinambá: upi'a (t-)
Turkish: yumurta, tohum (fertilized)
Ukrainian: �й�е (jajtsé) n
Urdu: URchar|ا��ا (an.d�)
Vietnamese: trứng
Volapük: nög
Warlpiri: mula
Welsh: ŵy
Zulu: iliqanda, iqanda
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Verb
en-verb

1. To throw eggs at.
2. (with "on"): To encourage.
3. To add beaten egg (cooking).

Related terms
top3
bad egg
boiled egg
cuckoo's egg|cuckoo�s egg
curate's egg|curate�s egg
don't put all your eggs in one basket
Easter egg
egg and spoon race
egg beaters
mid3
egg cup
egg flip
egg-nog, eggnog
egg on
egg-shell, eggshell
egg-timer
egg white
egg yolk
mid3
fried egg
golden egg
good egg
have egg on one's face|have egg on one�s face
nest egg
over-egg
pouched egg
power-egg
scrambled egg, scrambled eggs
sure as eggs is eggs

See also
caviar
roe

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Eggs|*
Category:Food and Drink
Category:Poultry

Faroese

Pronunciation
IPA|[�g�]

Noun
egg n

1. egg

Declension
fo-decl-noun-n23|e|g

Noun
egg f

1. blade, edge
2. border, edge of a cliff

Declension
fo-decl-noun-f8|egg

Category:Faroese nouns
Category:fo:Foods

Icelandic
Icelandic declension hk sb 01 j|egg

Pronunciation
IPA|[��ɡ��]

Etymology 1

Noun
egg n (eggs|egg-s, eggja|egg-ja)

1. context|zoology|lang=is #English|egg
2. an oval shaped object
3. ovum

Synonyms
(ovum): eggfruma f

Derived terms
rfc-level|Derived terms at L4+ not in L3 POS section (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Synonyms)
eggjahvíta
eggjarauða
eggjasalad
páskaegg
eggjaskurn

Icelandic declension kvk sb 02 j|egg

Etymology 2

Noun
egg f (eggjar|eggj-ar, eggjar|egg-jar)

1. context|weapons|lang=is the sharp edge of a knife, sword, or similar
2. a sharp edge on a mountain

Synonyms
(sharp edge): blað n
(mountain): fjallsegg f

Derived terms
fjallsegg

Derived terms
með oddi og egg/með oddi og eggju

Category:Icelandic nouns
Category:is:Eggs|*
Category:is:Food and Drink
Category:is:Poultry

Norwegian

Noun
egg n

1. egg

Swedish

Noun
egg
sv-noun-reg-ar

1. The sharp edge of a cutting tool.

Homophones
ägg

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• 2007-12-13 05:18 - DaGizza - /* Translations */ add gender for Hindi

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