Easter egg

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• /ˈiː.stəɹ ˌɛɡ/
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From Easter + egg. Cognate with German Low German Ooosterei (“Easter egg”), Middle High German ōsterei ("Easter egg"; > modern German Osterei). So called because eggs would be eaten during Easter to break the fasting during Lent. (No eggs, dairy, meat except fish, lard, or foods containing these ingredients could be eaten during Lent.) The computing sense is from the early 1980s, popularized by the video game Adventure.

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: paaseier — a dyed or decorated egg
• Arabic: بَيْضَة عِيد اَلْفِصْح (bayḍat ʕīd al-fiṣḥ) — a dyed or decorated egg
• Arabic: بَيْضَة اَلْفِصْح (bayḍat al-fiṣḥ) — a dyed or decorated egg
• Armenian: զատկի ձու (zatki ju) — a dyed or decorated egg
• Belarusian: веліко́днае я́йка (vjelikódnaje jájka) — a dyed or decorated egg
• Belarusian: фарбаванка (farbavanka) — a dyed or decorated egg
• Bulgarian: великденско яйце́ (velikdensko jajcé) — a dyed or decorated egg
• Catalan: ou de Pasqua — a dyed or decorated egg
• Chinese Cantonese: 復活蛋 /复活蛋 — a dyed or decorated egg
• Chinese Mandarin: 復活節彩蛋 /复活节彩蛋 (Fùhuójié cǎidàn) — a dyed or decorated egg
• Czech: kraslice — a dyed or decorated egg
• Czech: velikonoční vejce — a dyed or decorated egg
• Danish: påskeæg — a dyed or decorated egg
• Dutch: paasei — a dyed or decorated egg
• Esperanto: paska ovo — a dyed or decorated egg
• Estonian: lihavõttemuna — a dyed or decorated egg
• Faroese: páskaegg — a dyed or decorated egg
• Finnish: pääsiäismuna — a dyed or decorated egg
• French: œuf de Pâques — a dyed or decorated egg
• Galician: ovo de Pascua — a dyed or decorated egg
• German: Osterei — a dyed or decorated egg
• Greek: πασχαλινό αβγό (paschalinó avgó) — a dyed or decorated egg
• Hungarian: húsvéti tojás — a dyed or decorated egg
• Hunsrik: Oostreeu — a dyed or decorated egg
• Icelandic: páskaegg — a dyed or decorated egg
• Indonesian: telur Paskah — a dyed or decorated egg
• Irish: ubh Chásca — a dyed or decorated egg
• Irish: clúdóg — a dyed or decorated egg
• Irish: cúbóg — a dyed or decorated egg
• Italian: uovo di Pasqua — a dyed or decorated egg
• Japanese: イースターエッグ (īsutā-eggu) — a dyed or decorated egg
• Korean: 부활절 달걀 (buhwaljeol dalgyal) — a dyed or decorated egg
• Lao: ໄຂ່ອີສເຕີ (khai ʼīs tœ̄) — a dyed or decorated egg
• Luxembourgish: Ouschteree — a dyed or decorated egg
• Macedonian: велигденско јајце (veligdensko jajce) — a dyed or decorated egg
• Malay: telur Easter — a dyed or decorated egg
• Maltese: Bajda ta’ l-Għid — a dyed or decorated egg
• Norwegian Bokmål: påskeegg — a dyed or decorated egg
• Norwegian Nynorsk: påskeegg — a dyed or decorated egg
• Polish: jajko wielkanocne — a dyed or decorated egg
• Polish: pisanka — a dyed or decorated egg
• Polish: kraszanka — a dyed or decorated egg
• Portuguese: ovo de Páscoa — a dyed or decorated egg
• Romanian: ou de Paști — a dyed or decorated egg
• Russian: пасха́льное яйцо́ (pasxálʹnoje jajcó) — a dyed or decorated egg
• Russian: крашенка (krašenka) — a dyed or decorated egg
• Russian: писанка (pisanka) — a dyed or decorated egg
• Scottish Gaelic: ugh na Càisge — a dyed or decorated egg
• Serbo-Croatian: ускршње јаје — a dyed or decorated egg
• Serbo-Croatian: писаница — a dyed or decorated egg
• Serbo-Croatian: uskršnje jaje — a dyed or decorated egg
• Serbo-Croatian: pisanica — a dyed or decorated egg
• Slovak: kraslica — a dyed or decorated egg
• Slovak: veľkonočné vajce — a dyed or decorated egg
• Slovene: pirh — a dyed or decorated egg
• Slovene: velikonôčno jájce — a dyed or decorated egg
• Slovene: písanica — a dyed or decorated egg
• Slovene: pisanka — a dyed or decorated egg
• Lower Sorbian: jatšowne jajo — a dyed or decorated egg
• Spanish: huevo de Pascua — a dyed or decorated egg
• Spanish: huevo pascual — a dyed or decorated egg
• Swedish: påskägg — a dyed or decorated egg
• Thai: ไข่อีสเตอร์ (kài-íis-dtə̂ə) — a dyed or decorated egg
• Turkish: paskalya yumurtası — a dyed or decorated egg
• Ukrainian: пасха́льне яйце́ (pasxálʹne jajcé) — a dyed or decorated egg
• Ukrainian: велико́днє яйце́ (velykódnje jajcé) — a dyed or decorated egg
• Ukrainian: пи́санка (pýsanka) — a dyed or decorated egg
• Vietnamese: trứng Phục Sinh — a dyed or decorated egg
• Welsh: ŵy Pasg — a dyed or decorated egg
• Chinese Cantonese: 復活蛋 /复活蛋 — a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg
• Danish: påskeæg — a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg
• Dutch: paasei — a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg
• Dutch: chocolade-ei — a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg
• Finnish: suklaamuna — a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg
• Finnish: pääsiäismuna — a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg
• German: Osterei — a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg
• German: Schokoei — a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg
• Greek: πασχαλινό αβγό (paschalinó avgó) — a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg
• Hungarian: csokoládétojás — a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg
• Icelandic: páskaegg — a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg
• Italian: uovo di Pasqua — a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg
• Luxembourgish: Ouschteree — a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg
• Norwegian Bokmål: sjokoladeegg — a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg
• Norwegian Bokmål: påskeegg — a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sjokoladeegg — a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg
• Norwegian Nynorsk: påskeegg — a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg
• Scottish Gaelic: ugh na Càisge — a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg
• Spanish: huevo pascual — a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg
• Swedish: påskägg — a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg
• Catalan: ou de pasqua — an undocumented function hidden in a program
• Finnish: pääsiäismuna — an undocumented function hidden in a program
• German: Easter Egg — an undocumented function hidden in a program
• Hungarian: easter egg — an undocumented function hidden in a program
• Japanese: イースターエッグ (īsutā-eggu) — an undocumented function hidden in a program
• Korean: 이스터 에그 (iseuteo egeu) — an undocumented function hidden in a program
• Marathi: ईस्टर एग (īsṭar eg) — an undocumented function hidden in a program
• Norwegian Bokmål: påskeegg — an undocumented function hidden in a program
• Norwegian Nynorsk: påskeegg — an undocumented function hidden in a program
• Polish: easter egg — an undocumented function hidden in a program
• Russian: пасха́льное яйцо́ (pasxálʹnoje jajcó) — an undocumented function hidden in a program
• Russian: пасха́лка (pasxálka) — an undocumented function hidden in a program
• Spanish: huevo pascual — an undocumented function hidden in a program
• Swedish: påskägg — an undocumented function hidden in a program
• Catalan: ou de pasqua — image, feature, or other content that is hidden on a video disc or in a movie
• Chinese Mandarin: 彩蛋 (cǎidàn) — image, feature, or other content that is hidden on a video disc or in a movie
• Esperanto: kaŝitaĵo — image, feature, or other content that is hidden on a video disc or in a movie
• German: Easter Egg — image, feature, or other content that is hidden on a video disc or in a movie
• Italian: Easter egg — image, feature, or other content that is hidden on a video disc or in a movie
• Japanese: イースターエッグ (īsutā-eggu) — image, feature, or other content that is hidden on a video disc or in a movie
• Korean: 이스터 에그 (iseuteo egeu) — image, feature, or other content that is hidden on a video disc or in a movie
• Lao: ສິ່ງທີ່ເຊື່ອງໄວ້ (sing thī sư̄ang wai) — image, feature, or other content that is hidden on a video disc or in a movie
• Norwegian Bokmål: påskeegg — image, feature, or other content that is hidden on a video disc or in a movie
• Norwegian Nynorsk: påskeegg — image, feature, or other content that is hidden on a video disc or in a movie
• Polish: easter egg — image, feature, or other content that is hidden on a video disc or in a movie
• Russian: пасхалка (pasxalka) — image, feature, or other content that is hidden on a video disc or in a movie
• Spanish: huevo pascual — image, feature, or other content that is hidden on a video disc or in a movie
• Swedish: påskägg — image, feature, or other content that is hidden on a video disc or in a movie
• Thai: สิ่งที่ซ่อนอยู่ — image, feature, or other content that is hidden on a video disc or in a movie