English Explanatory Dictionary

eggshell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The shell around an egg.
  2. A pale off-white colour, like that of the eggshell of many chickens.
adj
  1. Of a pale yellowish-whitish colour, like that of the eggshell.
  2. Exhibiting the thinness, translucency or near-transparency, and fragility of an eggshell.
  3. Very matt, having a low reflexivity, like an eggshell.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛɡʃɛl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eggshell.wav

Word forms

eggshell eggshells more eggshell most eggshell

Etymology

From Middle English eggeshell, ege schelle, egg-shel, egg shelle (also as Middle English eye schell, ey-schel, ey-schelle), partially continuing Old English ǣġsċill, ǣġsċyll (“eggshell”), equivalent to egg + shell. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oaierskil (“eggshell”), Dutch eierschaal (“eggshell”), German Eierschale (“eggshell”), Danish æggeskal (“eggshell”), Swedish äggskal (“eggshell”).

Derived words

eggshellful eggshell blue eggshell rule walk on eggshells

Translations

Afrikaans: eierdop Arabic: قَشْر الْبَيْضِ Basque: arrautza-azal Central Bikol: arikurong Bulgarian: черупка Catalan: closca f d'ou Chinese Cantonese: 蛋殼 /蛋壳 Chinese: 卵殼 /卵壳 Chinese Mandarin: 蛋殼 /蛋壳 Czech: skořápka Danish: æggeskal Dutch: eierschaal Faroese: eggjakoppur Faroese: eggjaskal Finnish: munankuori French: coquille d'œuf Galician: casca de ovo German: Eierschale Greek: αβγότσουφλο Hungarian: tojáshéj Icelandic: eggjaskurn Indonesian: kulit telur Irish: blaosc uibhe Italian: guscio d'uovo Japanese: 卵の殻 Japanese: 卵殻 Khmer: សំបកពង Korean: 달걀 껍질 Korean: 계란(鷄卵) 껍질 Korean: 난각 Latvian: olas čaumala Latvian: čaumala Lithuanian: kiaušinio lukštas Lithuanian: lukštas Luxembourgish: Eeërschuel Maltese: qoxra tal-bajd Khiamniungan Naga: vēulūikhūp Plautdietsch: Eiaschol Polish: skorupka jajka Portuguese: casca de ovo Romanian: coajă de ou Russian: яи́чная скорлупа́ Russian: скорлупа́ Scottish Gaelic: plaosg-uighe Scottish Gaelic: slige Slovak: škrupina Spanish: cáscara de huevo Swedish: äggskal
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