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Definition: Egg |
EggNoun1. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds. 2. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food. 3. One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away". Verb1. Throw eggs at. 2. Coat with beaten egg; "egg a schnitzel". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "egg" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Egg \Egg\, noun. [Old English, from Icelandic egg; akin to Anglo-Saxon [ae]g (whence Old English ey), Swedish ["a]gg, Danish [ae]g, German & Dutch ei, and probably to Old Slavic aje, jaje, Latin ovum, Greek 'w,o`n, Irish ugh, Gaelic ubh, and perhaps to Latin avis bird. Compare to Oval.]. (references) |
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19th Century Satire | A wholesome, yet fowl, product, of no use until broken. Sometimes a cure for indigestion or bad acting. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Bible | Egg (Heb. beytsah, "whiteness"). Eggs deserted (Isa. 10:14), of a bird (Deut. 22:6), an ostrich (Job 39:14), the cockatrice (Isa. 59:5). In Luke 11:12, an egg is contrasted with a scorpion, which is said to be very like an egg in its appearance, so much so as to be with difficulty at times distinguished from it. In Job 6:6 ("the white of an egg") the word for egg (hallamuth') occurs nowhere else. It has been translated "purslain" (R.V. marg.), and the whole phrase "purslain-broth", i.e., broth made of that herb, proverbial for its insipidity; and hence an insipid discourse. Job applies this expression to the speech of Eliphaz as being insipid and dull. But the common rendering, "the white of an egg", may be satisfactorily maintained. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Food & Agriculture | In the case of aromatized wine to which the yolk of hen's eggs or extracts thereof have been added and which has a sugar content of more than 200 grams per litre. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The -- of the silkworm, which are also called silk seeds, are minute. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An egg is either:
Reptile eggs, bird eggs, and mammalian monotreme eggs are surrounded by a protective shell, either flexible or inflexible.
- an ovum, the female, larger of the two gametes, that fuse in sexual reproduction, or
- a body consisting of the resulting zygote, partly nutrient for the developing organism (the yolk), and partly a buffer to protect the zygote (the albumin or "egg-white").
Eggs in Cooking
Birds' eggs are commonly regarded as a food source by non-vegans. The most-used eggs are chicken, duck and goose, but smaller eggs such as quail eggs are occasionally used as a gourmet ingredient. Eggs are frequently used in both sweet and savoury dishes as a source of protein and/or to bind the other ingredients in a recipe together. Egg-yolks contain a small amount of fat and cholesterol, and people on a low-cholesterol diet may feel the need to cut down on egg consumption, though scientists are unsure of the merit of such a move. Egg-whites consist primarily of water (7/8th) and protein (1/8th) and contain no cholesterol or fat.
The primary cooking techniques for savoury eggs are:
As much has been said about the mode of preserving eggs, it may not be uninteresting to say a few words about the Chinese methods, as related by a French chemist, M. Paul Champion, who has lately visited that country, and published a very interesting book on the ancient and modern industries of that curious people. A very common method is to place the eggs in a mixture of clay and water; the clay hardens around the eggs, and is said to preserve them good for a considerable time. But another and much more elaborate method is also commonly practiced. An infusion of three pounds of tea is made in boiling water, and to this are added three pounds of quicklime (or seven pounds when the operation is performed in winter), nine pounds of sea-salt, and seven pounds of ashes of burnt oak finely powdered. This is all well mixed together into a smooth paste by means of a wooden spatula, and then each egg is covered with it by hand, gloves being worn to prevent the corrosive action of the lime on the hands. When the eggs are all covered with the mixture, they are rolled in a mass of straw ashes, and then placed in baskets with balls of rice -- boiled, we presume -- to keep the eggs from touching each other. About 100 to 150 eggs are placed in one basket. In about three months the whole becomes hardened into a crust, and then the eggs are sent to market; the retail price of such eggs is generally less than a penny each. These eggs are highly esteemed in China, and always served in good houses; but they have undergone a strange transformation, which certainly would not recommend them to English palates; the yolk has assumed a decidedly green tinge, and the white is set. When broken, they emit that unpleasant sulphurous smell which would certainly cause their instant banishment from our breakfast-tables. However, the Chinese are admitted, even by Frenchmen, to be great gourmets; and we can only say, therefore, that in questions of eating there is certainly no disputing about tastes.
- poaching
- boiling
- frying
- scrambling
- omelettes
- soufflé
Eggs as Decoration
- Fabergé eggs are much prized collectors' items. Carl Fabergé was the favourite jeweller of many European Royal houses, including the Romanovs of Russia.
- Easter eggs, also known as Pace eggs, are an ancient symbol of spring and the beginning of new life. They figure in egg hunts, egg rolling contests and egg-tapping.
- Egg decorating is a craft which has become much more popular in recent years.
Egg proverbs
Ovoid means egg-shaped. There is also Egg, Switzerland.
- Eggs in the pan give pancakes, but nevermore chicks.
- The egg pretends to be cleverer than the hen.
- Never a chicken comes from broken eggs.
- Eggs not yet laid are uncertain chickens.
- Old eggs, old lovers and an old horse, are either rotten or for the worse.
- Tread carefully among eggs.
- He who wants eggs must endure the clucking of the hen.
- One rotten egg spoils the pudding.
- He who has many eggs scatters many shells.
- Half an egg is worth more than all the shell.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Egg."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Egg is a municipality in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It has a population of 7,800 (2003). The area of Egg is 14.5 square kilometres.
Geography
Lowest elevation: Greifensee 438 m
Highest elevation: Pfannenstiel 853 m
Districts
There are three districts in Egg: Hinteregg (population: 1,500), Egg (population: 4,800) and Esslingen (population: 1,500). There are also smaller settlements (called Aussenwacht): Rällikon, Innervollikon, Usservollikon, Niederesslingen, Rohr, Schaubigen, Eichholz, Neuhaus, and Guldenen.
Coat of Arms
The coat of arms shows two entwined hands in blue, coming out of silver clouds. It was created at the beginning of the 19th century, influenced by the French Revolution. It symbolizes the motto of the Revolution: Freedom, Equality and Brotherhood.
External link
- Official Page (German)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Egg, Switzerland."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An ovum (or loosely, "egg" or "egg cell") is a female gamete. In higher animals, ova are produced by organs called ovaries.The word is derived from the Latin word (ovum, plur. ova) for egg.
See also
- sperm
- fertilisation
- pregnancy
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ovum."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
EGG | English | Evaporating gas globula | Geography |
| EG | English | Egg medium with glycerol | Medicine |
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Synonyms: EggSynonyms: ball (n), ballock (n), bollock (n), eggs (n), nut (n), orchis (n), testicle (n), testis (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Beginning | Origin; (cause); source, rise; bud, germ; egg, rudiment; genesis, primogenesis, birth, nativity, cradle, infancy; start, inception, creation, starting point; dawn; (morning); evolution. |
Cause | Rudiment. egg, germ, embryo, bud, root, radix radical, etymon, nucleus, seed, stem, stock, stirps, trunk, tap-root, gemmule, radicle, semen, sperm. |
Completeness | Brimming; brimful, topful, topfull; chock full, choke full; as full as an egg is of meat, as full as a vetch; saturated, crammed; replete; (redundant); fraught, laden; full-laden, full-fraught, full-charged; heavy laden. |
Heat | Red hot, white hot, smoking hot, burning. Verb: hot, piping hot; like a furnace, like an oven; burning, hot as fire, hot as pepper; hot enough to roast an ox, hot enough to boil an egg. |
Motive | Enforce, force; impel; (push); propel; whip, lash, goad, spur, prick, urge; egg on, hound, hurry on; drag; exhort; advise; call upon; press; (request); advocate. |
Ornament | Pattern, diaper, powdering, paneling, graining, pargeting; detail; repousse (convexity); texture; richness; tracery, molding, fillet, listel, strapwork, coquillage, flourish, fleur-de-lis, arabesque, fret, anthemion; egg and tongue, egg and dart; astragal, zigzag, acanthus, cartouche; pilaster; (projection); bead, beading; champleve ware, cloisonne ware; frost work, Moresque, Morisco, tooling. |
Rotundity | Cone, conoid; pear shape, egg shape, bell shape. |
Adjective: rotund; round; (circular); cylindric, cylindrical, cylindroid; columnar, lumbriciform; conic, conical; spherical, spheroidal; globular, globated, globous, globose; egg shaped, bell shaped, pear shaped; ovoid, oviform; gibbous; rixiform; campaniform, campanulate, campaniliform; fungiform, bead-like, moniliform, pyriform, bulbous; tres atque rotundus; round as an orange, round as an apple, round as a ball, round as a billiard ball, round as a cannon ball. | |
Store | Stock in trade, supply; heap; (collection); treasure; reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche. |
Zero | Noun: zero, nothing; null, nul, naught, nought, void; cipher, goose egg; none, nobody, no one; nichts, nixie, nix; zilch, zip, zippo; not a soul; ame qui vive; absence; unsubstantiality. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | The egg for your life (Octopussy; writing credit: George MacDonald Fraser) I'd say it's been a few years since you've hatched an egg. (Dinosaur; writing credit: Walon Green; Thom Enriquez) There's never an egg timer around when you need one. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) I'll have my lunch now: a single pillow of shredded wheat, some steamed toast, and a dodo egg. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Here comes The Egg (Megaforce; writing credit: Bob Kachler; André Morgan) | |
Lyrics | You could fry an egg. (Stay (Wasting Time); performing artist: Dave Matthews Band) Egg him along, make him feel at ease with himself, (You Will Be A Hot Dancer; performing artist: Incubus) There's egg on your face and mud on your shoes (Sowing The Seeds of Love; performing artist: Tears For Fears) | |
Clever | Noise proves nothing, Often a hen who has laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid. (references; author: Mark Twain) A friend is someone who thinks you're a good egg even though you're slightly cracked. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Goose That Laid a Golden Egg (1974) A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972) The Egg and Ay-Yi-Yi! (1971) Aesop's Fable: Golden Egg Goosie (1951) The Egg and I (1951) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | (3) color slides show egg sandwich on english muffin, sitting in a styrofoam container. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer). |  | A technique called in situ hybridization shows whether a gene is actively expressed in cells, and also provides clues to the gene's function. This technique has helped identify activated oncogenes in cancer cells, and their normal counterparts in normal cells, in many different species. In this photograph, a labeled DNA segment (a known oncogene) has been put into a mouse oocyte, a cell that develops into a mature egg cell. The labeled DNA has paired with (or hybridized to) multiple copies of RNA in the mouse oocyte. The presence of this RNA (shown here as black dots inside the nucleus of the immature cell) shows that the normal cellular counterpart of the oncogene is active, suggesting that it is critical for normal germ cell development. Expression of genes is manifested by the production of RNA transcripts within cells. Hybridization histochemistry (in situ hybridization) permits localization of these transcripts with cellular or greater resolution. Furthermore, the relative amounts of transcripts detected within different tissues or the same tissues under different states (e.g., physiological or developmental) may be quantified. See artwork: GA-17. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Egg of hookworm. Parasite. Credit: CDC. |  | Egg of Strongyloides fulleborni. Parasite. Credit: CDC. |
 | The Egg Nebula, also known as CRL 2688, is shown on the left as it appears in visible light ... Credit: NASA. |  | This Hubble telescope picture of the Egg Nebula, also known as CRL2688, shows a pair of ... Credit: NASA. |
 | False Egg Island. South End Table Island. In: Pacific Coast Pilot Alaska Part I 1883. P. 20. Library call number VK943 .N3 1883. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Emperor penguin egg at Cape Washington in the Ross Sea. This egg did not hatch. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Offshore red algae communities serve as egg beds for New England herring. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Night time photo of nudibranch egg mass placed on the pipe surfaces within days of placement. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |
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| "Egg" by David Lahav Commentary: "In some cases, egg needs to listen to music as well..." | "Egg" by Vincze Ildi Commentary: "Egg." |
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 | Cracking an egg on the side of the pan and crumpling the eggshell. |
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Austin O'malley | The harder you throw down a football and a good character, the higher they rebound; but a thrown reputation is like an egg. |
Chang Heng | Heaven is like an egg, and the earth is like the yolk of the egg. |
Henry David Thoreau | Each thought that is welcomed and recorded is a nest egg by the side of which more will be laid. |
Samuel Butler | A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg. |
Sir James M. Barrie | I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg. |
William Cowper | Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | An egg boiled very soft is not unwholesome |
Through the Looking-Glass | Carroll, Lewis | And so saying, she went off to the other end of the shop, and set the egg upright on a shelf |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | On this loaf and this egg he breakfasted |
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Health | Bathe when you wake up to help reduce the egg contamination. (references) | |
One in 20,000 eggs may be contaminated with Salmonella inside the egg shell. (references) | ||
High-quality proteins come from meat, fish, poultry, and eggs (especially egg whites). (references) | ||
Economic History | Mexico | The state has become Mexico's leading meat, egg and dairy producer. (references) |
Qatar | Fresh produce importers also handle table egg imports and distribution. (references) | |
Colombia | Production of animal feed is expected to increase five percent in 2000/2001, as determined by demand in the poultry and egg industries. (references) | |
Political Economy | CHILE | Chile is, however, in the process of recognizing the U.S. salmon egg inspection system. (references) |
FRANCE | For instance, French decrees and regulations currently prohibit the import of the following agricultural products: poultry, meat and egg products from countries (including the United States) that use certain feed compounds; products made with enriched flour; exotic meats (e.g., ostrich, emu and alligator); and live crawfish unless authorized by special agreement. (references) | |
Trade | New Zealand | Some agricultural goods are restricted on phytosanitary grounds, with the main commodities affected being poultry and egg products. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LETTUCE, n. An herb of the genus Lactuca, "Wherewith," says that pious gastronome, Hengist Pelly, "God has been pleased to reward the good and punish the wicked. For by his inner light the righteous man has discerned a manner of compounding for it a dressing to the appetency whereof a multitude of gustible condiments conspire, being reconciled and ameliorated with profusion of oil, the entire comestible making glad the heart of the godly and causing his face to shine. But the person of spiritual unworth is successfully tempted to the Adversary to eat of lettuce with destitution of oil, mustard, egg, salt and garlic, and with a rascal bath of vinegar polluted with sugar. Wherefore the person of spiritual unworth suffers an intestinal pang of strange complexity and raises the song." |
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Rush Limbaugh | We started slamming the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, leaving the Democrats who predicted disaster with egg all over their faces. |
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| "Egg" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.64% of the time. "Egg" is used about 2,506 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.64% | 2,497 | 3,623 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.28% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.08% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,506 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "egg". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Abez | N/A | Biblical | An egg |
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| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Egg plc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "egg": a bad egg ♦ a good egg ♦ addled egg ♦ Ant egg ♦ bad egg ♦ baked egg ♦ bird egg ♦ boiled egg ♦ candy egg ♦ chocolate egg ♦ coddled egg ♦ conjure up an egg out of a hat ♦ cracked egg ♦ Cuckoo's Egg ♦ darning egg ♦ deviled egg ♦ dropped egg ♦ duck egg ♦ duck's egg ♦ easter egg ♦ Egg and anchor ♦ egg and dart ♦ egg and lemon ♦ egg and tongue ♦ egg barley ♦ egg beater ♦ egg cell ♦ Egg clavage ♦ Egg cleavage ♦ egg coal ♦ egg cream ♦ egg cup ♦ egg dance ♦ Egg development ♦ egg en cocotte ♦ egg flip ♦ egg foo yong ♦ egg fu yung ♦ Egg Harbor ♦ Egg Harbor City ♦ egg killer ♦ egg laying ♦ Egg Lecithin ♦ egg like ♦ egg liqueur / advocaat / avocat / Advokat ♦ Egg mite ♦ egg nog ♦ egg noodle ♦ egg of lice ♦ egg of louse ♦ egg oil ♦ egg on ♦ egg packer's oil ♦ Egg parasite ♦ Egg Proteins ♦ egg roll ♦ egg shape ♦ egg shell ♦ egg shell calcification ♦ egg spoon ♦ Egg squash ♦ egg stone ♦ egg timer ♦ egg white ♦ egg yolk ♦ fertilized egg ♦ fried egg ♦ Game egg ♦ garden egg ♦ goose egg ♦ grill after coating with egg and breadcrumbs ♦ Gripe's egg ♦ hardboiled egg ♦ have egg on one's face ♦ hen's egg ♦ hot enough to boil an egg ♦ in the egg ♦ incubated egg ♦ jelly egg ♦ lay an egg ♦ little egg ♦ nest egg ♦ Paas egg ♦ Pasch egg ♦ poached egg ♦ powdered egg ♦ refrigerated egg ♦ scotch egg ♦ scrambled egg ♦ sea egg ♦ seed egg ♦ shell egg ♦ shell of an egg ♦ shirred egg ♦ Skate's egg ♦ soft boiled egg ♦ steamed egg ♦ stuffed egg ♦ the Cuckoo's Egg ♦ thicken with egg ♦ viscid egg. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "egg": egg-and, egg-and-anchor, egg-and-bacon, egg-and-breadcrumbed, egg-and-chick-minding, egg-and-cream, egg-and-cress, egg-and-dart, egg-and-spoon, egg-and-tongue, egg-associated, egg-based, egg-basket, egg-bearing, egg-beater, Egg-bird, egg-boiler, egg-box, egg-boxes, egg-building, egg-carrying, egg-case, egg-cell, egg-cells, egg-centred, egg-chamber, egg-collectors, egg-crate, egg-cum-helicopter, egg-cup, egg-cupful, egg-cups, egg-dealer, egg-detection, egg-dish, egg-dumping, egg-eaters, egg-eating, egg-faced, egg-factory, egg-filled, egg-formation, Egg-glass, egg-head, egg-heads, egg-infective, egg-inviolate, egg-larva, egg-larva-pupa-adult, egg-layer, egg-layers, egg-laying, egg-laying mammal, egg-less, egg-marketeers, egg-mass, egg-mimicry, egg-modeller, egg-opener, egg-opening, egg-packing, egg-pale, egg-plant, egg-producers, egg-producing, egg-rejection, egg-rolling, egg-sacs, egg-seller, egg-shape, egg-shaped, egg-shapes, egg-shell, egg-shells, egg-sitters, egg-size, egg-sized, egg-smeared, egg-spert, egg-splattered, egg-spoon, egg-stravaganza, egg-sucking, egg-thickened, egg-throwers, egg-throwing, egg-timer, egg-timers, egg-type, egg-ups, egg-whisk, egg-white, egg-yellow, egg-yolk, egg-zero. | |
Ending with "egg": chicken-and-egg, nest-egg, pace-egg. | |
Containing "egg": Bantam's-egg-sized, duck-egg-blue, golden-egg-laying, six-egg-boxes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
easter egg | 3,639 | egg white | 125 |
egg | 1,280 | egg harbor wisconsin | 124 |
egg donation | 527 | egg drop soup | 122 |
big green egg | 458 | boil an egg | 120 |
egg donor | 407 | green egg | 115 |
egg card | 281 | egg protein | 111 |
egg drop | 266 | egg donors | 111 |
egg harbor township nj | 236 | egg incubator | 101 |
egg recipe | 227 | egg substitute | 97 |
dvd easter egg | 219 | egg beater | 96 |
egg fish sorter | 217 | egg harbor | 96 |
egg salad | 206 | chicken egg | 94 |
egg salad recipe | 180 | egg drop soup recipe | 82 |
egg new | 173 | egg carton | 81 |
deviled egg recipe | 158 | egg casserole | 77 |
deviled egg | 157 | egg allergy | 75 |
egg roll | 155 | pickled egg recipe | 73 |
egg cooker | 148 | egg credit card | 71 |
egg roll recipe | 136 | egg harbor city nj | 68 |
egg chair | 131 | egg timer | 68 |
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| Language | Translations for "egg"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | ei. (various references) | |
Albanian | embrion (embryo, fetus, foetus, germ, seed leaf), veze, vezë (ovum, testicle), farë (embryo, germ, pip, seed, semen, sort, spawn, species, sperm), djalë (boy, chap, child, fella, fellow, Jack, Johnny, lad, loon, man child, son, Walla, youngster), bombë (apple, billycock, bomb, canister, smasher). (various references) | |
Arabic | بيضة (testicle), شخص متساهل, بييصة, بيضة. (various references) | |
Aymara | k'auna. (various references) | |
Basque | arraultze. (various references) | |
Bavarian | oa. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | owáá. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | яйчен, яйцеклетка, яйце (ovum), момък (chap, chappie, fish, kipper, lad, laddie, young man). (various references) | |
Chinese | 蛋 (oval shaped). (various references) | |
Cornish | oy. (various references) | |
Czech | vejce. (various references) | |
Danish | æg (cutting edge, spawn). (various references) | |
Dutch | ei (spawn). (various references) | |
Esperanto | ovo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | egg (eggs, mountain ridge). (various references) | |
Farsi | تحریک کردن (Actuate, Agitate, Annoy, Arouse, Bestir, Edge, Excite, Fuel, Ginger, Goad, Hypo, Incense, Incite, Instigate, Motivate, Move, Pique, Prick, Prime, Provoke, Stimulate), تخم مرغ , تخم (Fry, Kernel, Oosperm, Seed, Semen, Testicle, Zygote(Tic)). (various references) | |
Finnish | muna (ovum). (various references) | |
French | oeuf (seed egg), œuf. (various references) | |
Frisian | aei. (various references) | |
German | ei (ball, ovule). (various references) | |
Greek | αυγό. (various references) | |
Guarani | rupi'a. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ביצה (lump, ovum, testicle). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tojás (ovum, stone), alak (bloke, build, chappie, chappy, configuration, cove, crock, cuss, dog, figure, flasher, form, format, guy, missing link, number, roister-doister, shape, show-off, sot, stature, structure). (various references) | |
Icelandic | egg (border, brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, rim). (various references) | |
Indonesian | telur. (various references) | |
Irish | ubh. (various references) | |
Italian | uovo (ovule, ovum). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 玉子 (roe, spawn), 御玉 (ladle), 卵 (in the making, roe, spawn). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たまご (in the making, roe, spawn), おたま (ladle). (various references) | |
Korean | 계란 (eggs). (various references) | |
Manx | ooh [f] (dug, nest egg, ovum, udder), ooh (dug, nest egg, ovum, udder). (various references) | |
Maori | hua manu. (various references) | |
Norwegian | egg (edge). (various references) | |
Occitan | uòu. (various references) | |
Papiamen | webu, webo. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eggay.(various references) | |
Polish | jajko. (various references) | |
Portuguese | ovo (ovum). (various references) | |
Romanian | ou. (various references) | |
Romansch | ov. (various references) | |
Romany | alrò. (various references) | |
Russian | яйцо (ovule, ovum). (various references) | |
Scottish | ugh (addled egg, egg : ugh-gluig). (various references) | |
Sepedi | lee. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | jaje, jajast (oval, oviform, ovoid). (various references) | |
Spanish | huevo (ball, bubble car). (various references) | |
Sranan | eksi. (various references) | |
Swahili | yai. (various references) | |
Swedish | ägg (albumin, albuminuria, ovum). (various references) | |
Tagalog | itlóg. (various references) | |
Thai | ไข่, คนดำ (coon, egg and spoon). (various references) | |
Turkish | yumurta (ovi-, ovo-, ovular, ovum, spawn). (various references) | |
Turkmen | яumurtga. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | яйцеклітина, яйце (ova, ovum), зародок (corcle, dawn, embryo, fetus, germ, nucleus, primordium). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trong giai đoạn phôi thai trứng lại đòi khôn hơn vịt, ngư lôi chật ních, mìn, lóng bom, được ăn cả ngã về không khi còn trưng nước. (various references) | |
Welsh | wy, ŵy. (various references) | |
Yucatec | he'. (various references) | |
Zulu | iqanda, iliqanda. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | nunuz, nuz. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ova, ove, ovi, ovis, ovum. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | aêm. (various references) |
| Middle English | 1100-1500 | ey. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 11, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | H kai ean aithsh won mh epidwsei autw skorpion |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Aut si petierit ovum numquid porriget illi scorpionem |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Oððe gyf he bit æg. segst þu ræcð he him scorpionem þæt is an wyrmcynn; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Or if he axe an eye, whether he schal a reche hym a scorpioun? |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Or yf he axe an egge: wyll he offer him a scorpion? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Or for an egg, will give him a scorpion? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 11, Verse 12 |
| Cebuano | o kon mangayog itlog, hatagan hinoon niyag tanga? |
| Chinese | 求 雞 蛋 、 反 給 他 蠍 子 呢 。 |
| Croatian | Ili kad zaište jaje, zar æe mu dati štipavca? |
| Danish | Eller når han beder om et Æg, mon han da vil give ham en Skorpion? |
| Dutch | Of zo hij ook om een ei zou bidden, zal hij hem een schorpioen geven? |
| Finnish | taikka joka hänen pyytäessään munaa antaa hänelle skorpionin? |
| French | Ou, s`il demande un oeuf, lui donnera-t-il un scorpion? |
| German | oder, so er um ein Ei bittet, der ihm einen Skorpion dafür biete? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Atau memberikan kalajengking, kalau ia minta telur? |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Atau jikalau ia meminta telur, diberinya kalajengking? |
| Italian | O se gli chiede un uovo, gli darà uno scorpione? |
| Manx Gaelic | Ny my hirrys eh ooh, jeb eh scorpion da? |
| Maori | Ki te inoia he hua manu, e hoatu ranei ki a ia he kopiona? |
| Norwegian | eller når han ber om et egg, gi ham en skorpion? |
| Portuguese | Ou, se pedir um ovo, lhe dará um escorpião? |
| Rumanian | Sau, dacq cere un ou, sq -i dea o scorpie? |
| Shuar | Nujintian seatmakuisha ¿titinkiash Súsaintiam? |
| Swahili | Na kama akimwomba yai, je, atampa ng`e? |
| Swedish | eller som räcker honom en skorpion, när han beder om ett ägg? |
| Uma | Ba mpowai' -i pehede' ane merapi' -i ntolumanu'? Tantu uma. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "egg": eggar, eggars, eggbeater, eggbeaters, eggcup, eggcups, egged, egger, eggers, egghead, eggheaded, eggheadedness, eggheadednesses, eggheads, egging, eggless, eggnog, eggnogs, eggplant, eggplants, eggs, eggshell, eggshells, eggy. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "egg": yegg. (additional references) | |
Words containing "egg": arpeggiate, arpeggiated, arpeggiates, arpeggiating, arpeggio, arpeggios, beggar, beggared, beggaries, beggaring, beggarliness, beggarlinesses, beggarly, beggars, beggarweed, beggarweeds, beggary, begged, begging, bootlegged, bootlegger, bootleggers, bootlegging, bowlegged, doglegged, doglegging, dreggier, dreggiest, dreggish, dreggy, legged, leggier, leggiero, leggiest, leggin, legginess, legginesses, legging, leggings, leggins, leggy, outbegged, outbegging, pegged, pegging, preggers, reggae, reggaes, repegged, repegging, seggar. (additional references) | |
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"Egg" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aefg, Agcg, agg, agj, avg, Degg, dgg, edg, efg, Efgh, ega, egb, egd, egegy, egge, eggo, Eggum, eggy, egh, egi, egl, egm, egn, Egng, egpgc, Egr, egt, egu, egw, ehg, eig, ej, ekg, elg, emg, Engh, engl, eog, epg, eug, ewg, fgg, geg, gegn, Gegu, Geogg, gg, Gge, ggg, Hegg, hgg, Iggfc, iggt, iggy, ogg, tegg, Xeg, yg, zeg. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "egg" (pronounced e"g) |
| 2 | e" g | beg, keg, leg, Meg, peg, Reg, Segue. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-g" | |
+1 letter: eggs, eggy, gage, gleg, yegg. | |
+2 letters: agger, aggie, eggar, egged, egger, gaged, gager, gages, gauge, gighe, gigue, gorge, gouge, grego, gurge, leggy, yeggs. | |
+3 letters: ageing, aggers, aggies, bagged, bagger, baggie, beggar, begged, bigger, biggie, bogged, boggle, bugged, bugger, cogged, dagger, daggle, degage, digged, digger, dogged, dogger, doggie, dogleg, dreggy, edging, eggars, eggcup, eggers, egging, eggnog, engage, fagged, figged, fogged, fogger, fugged, gadget, gaeing, gagers, gagged, gagger, gaggle, gagmen, ganged, ganger, gangue, garage, garget, gargle, gauged, gauger, gauges, gavage, geegaw, geeing, gewgaw, gieing, gigged, giggle, giglet, gigues, ginger, glegly, goggle, goglet, gonged, gorged, gorger, gorges, gorget, gouged, gouger, gouges, grange, gregos, greige, grudge, grunge, guggle, guglet, gurged, gurges, gurgle, hagged, haggle, higgle, hogged, hogger, hogget, hugged, hugger, jagged, jagger, jigged, jigger, jiggle, jogged, jogger, joggle, jugged, juggle, lagged, lagger, legged, leggin, legong, logged, logger, loggie, lugged, lugger, luggie, miggle, mogged, moggie, mugged, muggee, mugger, nagged, nagger, niggle, nogged, nugget, pegged, pigged, piggie, pugged, ragged, raggee, raggle, reggae, rigged, rigger, rugged, rugger, sagged, sagger, seggar, sogged, tagged, tagger, togged, toggle, tugged, tugger, veggie, wagged, wagger, waggle, wigged, wiggle, zagged, zigged. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Usage Frequency 15. Names: Derived from 16. Names: Company Usage | 17. Expressions 18. Expressions: Internet 19. Translations: Modern 20. Translations: Ancient | 21. Bible Trace 22. Abbreviations 23. Acronyms 24. Derivations | 25. Rhymes 26. Anagrams 27. Bibliography |
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