oeuf

See also: œuf

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French œuf. Doublet of egg, ey, huevo, and ovum.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɜːf/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈəːf/
• Rhymes: -ɜːf, -əːf

Noun

oeuf (plural oeufs)

1. (humorous, only in puns or referring to French cooking) An egg.

Related terms

• oeuf en cocotte

 

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /œf/

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Noun

oeuf m (plural oeufs)

1. Nonstandard spelling of œuf.

Usage notes

• The œ ligature is often replaced in contemporary French with oe (the œ character does not appear on AZERTY keyboards), but this is nonstandard.

Further reading

• “oeuf”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Noun

oeuf m (plural oeufs)

1. egg (an ovum)