egg

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[edit] English

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Eggs in a nest.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajjan, by Holtzmann's Law from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. The southern English ey (pl. eyren), akin to German Ei survived into the 16th century before being fully replaced by egg.

[edit] Noun

egg (plural eggs)

  1. (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.
  4. (biology, countable) The female primary cell, the ovum.
  5. Something shaped like an egg, such as an Easter egg or a chocolate egg.
  6. A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, associated with an injury.
  7. (mildly pejorative, slang), (potentially offensive) 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.
  8. (New Zealand) (pejorative) A foolish or obnoxious person.
    Shut up, you egg!
[edit] Translations
body housing an embryo
egg of domestic fowl as food item
culinary ingredient
ovum
something shaped like an egg
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[edit] Verb

egg (third-person singular simple present eggs, present participle egging, simple past and past participle egged)

  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.
[edit] Translations
to throw eggs at
to dip in or coat with beaten egg

[edit] Derived terms

terms derived from egg (noun)

[edit] See also

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse eggja (“to edge”).

[edit] Verb

egg (third-person singular simple present eggs, present participle egging, simple past and past participle egged)

  1. (obsolete except in egg on) To encourage, incite.
[edit] Translations
to encourage
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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajjan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ɛɡː]

[edit] Noun

egg n.

  1. egg

[edit] Declension

n23 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative egg eggið egg eggini
Accusative egg eggið egg eggini
Dative eggi egginum egg(j)um egg(j)unum
Genitive egs egsins eggja eggjanna

[edit] Noun

egg f.

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

[edit] Declension

f8 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative egg eggin eggjar eggjarnar
Accusative egg eggina eggjar eggjarnar
Dative egg eggini eggjum eggjunum
Genitive eggjar eggjarinnar eggja eggjanna

[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajjan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Cognate with Old English ǣġ (obsolete English ey); Swedish ägg; Old High German ei (German Ei).

[edit] Noun

egg n. (genitive singular eggs, plural egg)

  1. (zoology) an egg
  2. an oval shaped object
  3. the ovum
[edit] Declension
declension of egg
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative egg eggið egg eggin
accusative egg eggið egg eggin
dative eggi egginu eggjum eggjunum
genitive eggs eggsins eggja eggjanna
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[edit] Etymology 2

From the Old Norse word egg, which came from Proto-Germanic *agjō which came from Proto-Indo-European *ak-yā-, ultimately from *ak- (“sharp, pointed”).

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 aciēs (“edge, sharpness”), Greek ἀκίς (“point”).

[edit] Noun

egg f. (genitive singular eggjar, plural eggjar)

  1. (weaponry) the sharp edge of a knife, sword, or similar
  2. a sharp edge on a mountain
[edit] Declension
declension of egg
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative egg eggin eggjar eggjarnar
accusative egg eggina eggjar eggjarnar
dative egg egginni eggjum eggjunum
genitive eggjar eggjarinnar eggja eggjanna
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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajjan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

[edit] Noun

egg n.

  1. egg

[edit] Old Norse

[edit] Noun

egg n. (genitive plural eggja)

  1. egg

[edit] Descendants

[edit] References

  • “egg” in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology

From the Old Norse word egg, from Proto-Germanic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *ak-yā-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ak- (“sharp, pointed”).

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

egg c.

  1. The sharp edge of a cutting tool.

[edit] Declension

Declension of egg
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative egg eggen eggar eggarna
genitive eggs eggens eggars eggarnas
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