Egg

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1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.4 Related terms 2 Icelandic 2.5 Noun 3 Norwegian 3.6 Noun

English

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 eggs used as a food.

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

• 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
• Finnish: muna (2), munasolu (1)
• French: œuf m
• Frisian: aei
• German: Ei m
• Greek: αβγό (avgó)
• Guarani: upi'a (t-)
• Hawaiian: hua, hua moa (hen's egg)
• Hebrew: ביצה f
• Hungarian: tojás
• Icelandic: egg
• Indonesian: telur
• Interlingua: ovo
• Italian: uovo m (plural: uova f)
• Japanese: 卵 (たまご, tamago)
• Korean: 달걀 (dalgyal), 계란 [鷄卵] (gyeran)
• Latin: ovum n
• Malay: telur
• Maori: heeki, hua
• Norwegian: egg n
• Polish: jajko
• Portuguese: ovo m
• Romanian: ou n
• Russian: яйцо (yaytso) n
• Slovak: vajce n
• Spanish: huevo m
• Swahili: yai
• Tagalog: itlóg
• Tamil: முட்டை (muttai)
• Tupinambá: upi'a (t-)
• Turkish: yumurta, tohum (fertilized)
• Volapük: nög
• Welsh: wy
• Zulu: i(li)qanda

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

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Norwegian