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egg

/ˈeɡ/EG
/ˈɛɡ/EG

Meaningegg

Common meaning: the oval shell from which a bird hatches

Journey through time

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic)egg‘egg’source
  2. Middle Englisheggsource
  3. Englishegg‘the oval shell from which a bird hatches’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) egg ‘egg’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry EGG (1), p. 186 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • egg Old Norse (Icelandic) “egg”

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