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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'egg' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions egg noun  (context, zoology, countable) An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, snakes, insects and other animals housing the embryo during its development. (countable) The egg of a domestic fowl as an item of food. (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. (context, biology, countable) The female primary cell, the ovum. Translations:  Dutch: ei French: Å“uf German: Ei Italian: uovo (plural: uova ) (1,2,3), ovulo (4) Spanish: huevo verb  To throw eggs at. (with "on"): To encourage. To add beaten egg (cooking). Etymology: From Old Norse eggOld Norse, egg, from Germanic ajja-, by :w:Holtzmann's Law, Holtzmann's Law from Proto-Indo-European ohâujom (stem ohâujo-).        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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