roerei

Dutch

Etymology

From roeren (“to stir, scramble”) +‎ ei (“egg”), probably a calque of German Rührei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈruːr.ɛi̯/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: roer‧ei

Noun

roerei n (plural roereieren, diminutive roereitje n)

1. (countable) A serving of scrambled eggs; (uncountable) scrambled eggs. [from 1880s]

Descendants

• Afrikaans: roereier

See also

• omelet
• spiegelei

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Portuguese

Verb

roerei

1. first-person singular future of roer