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A supposed paradox concerning whether chickens or chicken eggs existed first.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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A question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مُعْضِلَة الدَجَاجَةِ وَالبَيْضَةِ
(muʕḍilat ad-dajājati wa-l-bayḍati)
— a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first
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Chinese Mandarin:
先有鷄還是先有蛋 /先有鸡还是先有蛋
(xiān yǒu jī háishì xiān yǒu dàn)
— a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first
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Corsican:
paradossu di l'ovu è di a ghjaddina
— a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first
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Corsican:
paradossu di l'ovu è di a ghjallina
— a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first
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Dutch:
kip-en-eiprobleem
— a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first
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French:
paradoxe de l’œuf et de la poule
— a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first
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German:
Henne-Ei-Problem
— a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first
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Italian:
paradosso dell'uovo e della gallina
— a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first
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Japanese:
鶏が先か、卵が先か
(tamago ga saki ka)
— a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first
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Korean:
닭이 먼저냐? 일이 먼저냐?
(dalgi meonjeonya? iri meonjeonya?)
— a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first
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Portuguese:
paradoxo do ovo e da galinha
— a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first
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Russian:
пробле́ма ку́рицы и яйца́
(probléma kúricy i jajcá)
— a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first
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Russian:
диле́мма ку́рицы и яйца́
(dilémma kúricy i jajcá)
— a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first
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Sicilian:
paradossu uovu o jaddina
— a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first
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Spanish:
paradoja del huevo y la gallina
— a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first
