Phrase guide

boiled egg

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An egg which has been cooked in the shell in boiling water. It can be hard-boiled or soft-boiled.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

egg cooked briefly in the shell in gently boiling water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coddled egg

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dish

Narrower terms: hard-boiled egg, hard-cooked egg

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَيْضَة مَسْلُوقَة (bayḍa maslūqa) — boiled egg (generic)
  • Arabic: بَيْض مَسْلُوق (bayḍ maslūq) — boiled egg (generic)
  • Arabic: بيضة مسلوقة (bēḍa maslūga) — boiled egg (generic)
  • Azerbaijani: soyutma yumurta — boiled egg (generic)
  • Catalan: ou bullit — boiled egg (generic)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水煮蛋 (shuǐzhǔdàn) — boiled egg (generic)
  • Czech: vařené vejce — boiled egg (generic)
  • Danish: kogt æg — boiled egg (generic)
  • Dutch: gekookte ei — boiled egg (generic)
  • Estonian: keedumuna — boiled egg (generic)
  • Finnish: keitetty muna — boiled egg (generic)
  • French: œuf bouilli — boiled egg (generic)
  • Georgian: მოხარშული კვერცხი (moxaršuli ḳvercxi) — boiled egg (generic)
  • German: gekochtes Ei — boiled egg (generic)
  • German: gesottenes Ei — boiled egg (generic)
  • Greek: βραστό αβγό (vrastó avgó) — boiled egg (generic)
  • Hungarian: főtt tojás — boiled egg (generic)
  • Ido: ovo koquita — boiled egg (generic)
  • Japanese: ゆで卵 (yude-tamago) — boiled egg (generic)
  • Khmer: ពងមាន់ស្ងោ (pɔɔngmŏənsngao) — boiled egg (generic)
  • Korean: 삶은달걀 (salmeundalgyal) — boiled egg (generic)
  • Korean: 삶은계란 (salmeun'gyeran) — boiled egg (generic)
  • Lao: ໄຂ່ຕົ້ມ (khai tom) — boiled egg (generic)
  • Macedonian: варено јајце (vareno jajce) — boiled egg (generic)
  • Mongolian: чанасан өндөг (čanasan öndög) — boiled egg (generic)
  • Norman: oeu bouoilli — boiled egg (generic)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kokt egg — boiled egg (generic)
  • Polish: ugotowane jajko — boiled egg (generic)
  • Portuguese: ovo cozido — boiled egg (generic)
  • Romanian: ou fiert — boiled egg (generic)
  • Russian: варёное яйцо́ (varjónoje jajcó) — boiled egg (generic)
  • Spanish: huevo cocido — boiled egg (generic)
  • Swedish: kokt ägg — boiled egg (generic)
  • Tagalog: nilagang itlog — boiled egg (generic)
  • Thai: ไข่ต้ม (kài-dtôm) — boiled egg (generic)
  • Urdu: ابلا انڈا (ubala ãṇḍā) — boiled egg (generic)
  • Vietnamese: trứng luộc — boiled egg (generic)
  • Welsh: ŵy wedi ei ferwi — boiled egg (generic)
  • Catalan: ou bullit — hard-boiled egg
  • Catalan: ou dur — hard-boiled egg
  • Chinese Mandarin: 全熟蛋 (quánshúdàn) — hard-boiled egg
  • Czech: vejce natvrdo — hard-boiled egg
  • Finnish: kovaksi keitetty muna — hard-boiled egg
  • French: œuf dur — hard-boiled egg
  • Georgian: მაგრად მოხარშული კვერცხი (magrad moxaršuli ḳvercxi) — hard-boiled egg
  • German: hart gekochtes Ei — hard-boiled egg
  • Greek: σφιχτό αβγό (sfichtó avgó) — hard-boiled egg
  • Hebrew: ביצה קשה (baytsa kasha) — hard-boiled egg
  • Hungarian: keménytojás — hard-boiled egg
  • Ido: ovo harde koquita — hard-boiled egg
  • Italian: uovo sodo — hard-boiled egg
  • Japanese: 固ゆで卵 (katayude-tamago) — hard-boiled egg
  • Korean: 단단한 삶은달걀 (dandanhan salmeundalgyal) — hard-boiled egg
  • Korean: 단단한 삶은계란 (dandanhan salmeun'gyeran) — hard-boiled egg
  • Ladino: yumurta — hard-boiled egg
  • Maltese: bajda mgħolija — hard-boiled egg
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hardkokt egg — hard-boiled egg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hardkokt egg — hard-boiled egg
  • Polish: jajko na twardo — hard-boiled egg
  • Portuguese: ovo cozido — hard-boiled egg
  • Romanian: ou fiert tare — hard-boiled egg
  • Russian: яйцо́ вкруту́ю (jajcó vkrutúju) — hard-boiled egg
  • Spanish: huevo hervido — hard-boiled egg
  • Spanish: huevo duro — hard-boiled egg
  • Swedish: hårdkokt ägg — hard-boiled egg
  • Welsh: ŵy wedi'i ferwi'n galed — hard-boiled egg
  • Catalan: ou mollet — soft-boiled egg
  • Catalan: ou blan — soft-boiled egg
  • Chinese Mandarin: 半熟蛋 (bànshúdàn) — soft-boiled egg
  • Czech: vejce naměkko — soft-boiled egg
  • Finnish: löysä muna — soft-boiled egg
  • French: œuf à la coque — soft-boiled egg
  • French: œuf mollet — soft-boiled egg
  • Georgian: თოხლოდ მოხარშული კვერცხი (toxlod moxaršuli ḳvercxi) — soft-boiled egg
  • German: weich gekochtes Ei — soft-boiled egg
  • Greek: μελάτο αβγό (meláto avgó) — soft-boiled egg
  • Hebrew: ביצה רכה (baytsa raka) — soft-boiled egg
  • Hungarian: lágytojás — soft-boiled egg
  • Ido: ovo mole koquita — soft-boiled egg
  • Italian: uovo alla coque — soft-boiled egg
  • Italian: uovo bazzotto — soft-boiled egg
  • Japanese: 半熟卵 (hanjuku tamago) — soft-boiled egg
  • Khmer: ពងជ័រព្នៅ (pɔɔngcɔəpnɨw) — soft-boiled egg
  • Korean: 반숙란 (bansungnan) — soft-boiled egg
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bløtkokt egg — soft-boiled egg
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blautkokt egg — soft-boiled egg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blautkokt egg — soft-boiled egg
  • Polish: jajko na miękko — soft-boiled egg
  • Portuguese: ovo quente — soft-boiled egg
  • Romanian: ou fiert moale — soft-boiled egg
  • Russian: яйцо́ всмя́тку (jajcó vsmjátku) — soft-boiled egg
  • Spanish: huevo pasado — soft-boiled egg
  • Swedish: löskokt ägg — soft-boiled egg
  • Welsh: ŵy wedi'i led-ferwi — soft-boiled egg