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Pronunciation / Transliteration: jīdàn
"早餐我吃了一个鸡蛋。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The female gamete or ovum of an animal.
"Fertilization occurs when a sperm unites with an egg." - 2
The roundish reproductive body produced by female birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, typically containing a yolk and albumen enclosed in a shell or membrane.
"She boiled an egg for her breakfast."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old Norse 'egg', tracing back to Proto-Germanic '*ajja-', which ultimately shares roots with the Proto-Indo-European '*ōwyóm'. The term was adopted into Middle English, largely replacing the Old English native equivalent 'æġ', though both stemmed from the same ultimate ancestral source.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Egg" is said worldwide
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œuf
Transliteration: œf
"Il mange un œuf à la coque."
Ei
Transliteration: aɪ
"Zum Frühstück esse ich gerne ein Ei."
uovo
Transliteration: uovo
"Ho comprato una dozzina di uova."
huevo
Transliteration: huevo
"Me gusta desayunar un huevo frito."
ovo
Transliteration: ovo
"O bolo precisa de três ovos."
अंडा
Transliteration: anda
"मुझे नाश्ते में उबला हुआ अंडा पसंद है।"
鸡蛋
Transliteration: jīdàn
"早餐我吃了一个鸡蛋。"
달걀
Transliteration: dalgyal
"아침으로 달걀을 먹었습니다."
卵
Transliteration: tamago
"朝食に卵を食べました。"
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