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10 Language-to-English DictionariesYolk
/joʊk/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The yellow, spherical internal part of a bird's or reptile's egg that serves as food for the developing embryo.
"She carefully separated the egg white from the rich, golden yolk." - 2
The central or most valuable part of something.
"The project cut straight to the yolk of the problem."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English word 'ġeolca' or 'ġeolce', meaning 'the yellow part', which stems from 'ġeolu' (yellow). It shares a common Germanic root with other words related to the color yellow, evolving phonetically into the modern English 'yolk' by dropping the initial 'g' sound.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Yolk" is said worldwide
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jaune d'œuf
Transliteration: zhohn doef
"Il aime manger le jaune d'œuf coulant."
Eigelb
Transliteration: eye-gelp
"Das Eigelb enthält viele Nährstoffe."
tuorlo
Transliteration: twor-lo
"La ricetta richiede solo il tuorlo dell'uovo."
yema
Transliteration: jeh-mah
"La yema del huevo es muy nutritiva."
gema
Transliteration: zheh-mah
"Bata as gemas com o açúcar."
अंडे की जर्दी
Transliteration: ande ki zardi
"मुझे अंडे की जर्दी खाना पसंद है।"
蛋黄
Transliteration: dànhuáng
"这个鸡蛋的蛋黄很大。"
노른자
Transliteration: noreunja
"계란 노른자에는 단백질이 풍부합니다."
黄身
Transliteration: kimi
"卵の黄身をご飯に混ぜて食べます。"
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