eggnog

See also: egg nog

English

A glass of eggnog.

Alternative forms

• egg nog

Etymology

From egg +‎ nog. The second element may be nog (“strong ale”) or a shortened form of noggin (“small, carved wooden mug used to serve alcohol”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛɡˈnɒɡ/, /ˈɛɡ.nɒɡ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡ.nɑɡ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

eggnog (countable and uncountable, plural eggnogs)

1. A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy or whisky; popular at Christmas.

   Synonyms: egg flip, egg-hot

Translations

alcoholic beverage

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蛋酒 (zh) (dànjiǔ), 蛋奶酒 (dànnǎijiǔ), 蛋諾類／蛋诺类, 蛋诺类 (dànnuòlèi)

• Czech: vaječný likér m
• Danish: æggelikør c
• Dutch: advocaat (nl) m
• Esperanto: ovopunĉo
• Estonian: munaliköör
• Finnish: munatoti (fi)
• French: lait de poule (fr) m
• German: Eierkognak m
• Hungarian: tojáslikőr (hu)
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• Ido: hanolakto (io), hanlakto (io)
• Italian: zabaione (it) m, zabaglione (it) m, (obsolete) zabajone m
• Japanese: エッグノッグ (eggunoggu), 卵酒 (たまござけ, tamagozake)
• Latvian: olu liķieris m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: eggelikør m, eggnog m

• Polish: kogel-mogel (pl) m
• Portuguese: eggnog m
• Russian: го́голь-мо́голь (ru) m (gógolʹ-mógolʹ)
• Slovak: vaječný koňak m
• Spanish: licor de huevos m, ponche de huevo m
• Swedish: ägglikör c, äggtoddy c
• Tagalog: egnog