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English topographic surname, derived from the noun edge. Compare Eck.

From Middle English egge, from Old English eċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Proto-Germanic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱ- (“sharp”). See also Dutch egge, German Ecke, Danish æg, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish egg; also Welsh hogi (“to sharpen, hone”), Latin aciēs (“sharp”), acus (“needle”), Latvian ašs, ass (“sharp”), Ancient Greek ἀκίς (akís, “needle”), ἀκμή (akmḗ, “point”), and Persian آس (âs, “grinding stone”)).

324 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: buzë — boundary line of a surface
• Albanian: skaj — boundary line of a surface
• Arabic: طرف (ṭaraf) — boundary line of a surface
• Arabic: حَافَّة (ḥāffa) — boundary line of a surface
• Arabic: طَرَف (ṭaraf) — boundary line of a surface
• Armenian: ծայր (cayr) — boundary line of a surface
• Armenian: եզր (ezr) — boundary line of a surface
• Aromanian: mardzinã — boundary line of a surface
• Aromanian: mardzine — boundary line of a surface
• Aromanian: mardzini — boundary line of a surface
• Azerbaijani: qıraq — boundary line of a surface
• Azerbaijani: kənar — boundary line of a surface
• Bashkir: сит (sit) — boundary line of a surface
• Basque: ertz — boundary line of a surface
• Basque: bazter — boundary line of a surface
• Belarusian: край (kraj) — boundary line of a surface
• Belarusian: грань (hranʹ) — boundary line of a surface
• Bulgarian: ръб (rǎb) — boundary line of a surface
• Burmese: စပ် (cap) — boundary line of a surface
• Catalan: vora — boundary line of a surface
• Chamicuro: a'soowa — boundary line of a surface
• Chechen: йист (jist) — boundary line of a surface
• Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏛᎢ (asdvi) — boundary line of a surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 邊界 /边界 (biānjiè) — boundary line of a surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 邊緣 /边缘 (biānyuán) — boundary line of a surface
• Czech: hrana — boundary line of a surface
• Danish: rand — boundary line of a surface
• Dutch: rand — boundary line of a surface
• Dutch: kant — boundary line of a surface
• Esperanto: rando — boundary line of a surface
• Estonian: äär — boundary line of a surface
• Estonian: serv — boundary line of a surface
• Finnish: reuna — boundary line of a surface
• Finnish: laita — boundary line of a surface
• French: bord — boundary line of a surface
• Friulian: ôr — boundary line of a surface
• Friulian: spuinde — boundary line of a surface
• Friulian: cei — boundary line of a surface
• Friulian: margin — boundary line of a surface
• Galician: bordo — boundary line of a surface
• Galician: randa — boundary line of a surface
• Galician: beira — boundary line of a surface
• Galician: beiril — boundary line of a surface
• Galician: aba — boundary line of a surface
• Galician: cadillo — boundary line of a surface
• Georgian: კიდე (ḳide) — boundary line of a surface
• Georgian: ნაპირი (naṗiri) — boundary line of a surface
• German: Rand — boundary line of a surface
• Greek: άκρη (ákri) — boundary line of a surface
• Greek: χείλος (cheílos) — boundary line of a surface
• Ancient Greek: ἄκρα (ákra) — boundary line of a surface
• Ancient Greek: χεῖλος (kheîlos) — boundary line of a surface
• Mbya Guarani: embe — boundary line of a surface
• Hebrew: שָׂפָה (safá) — boundary line of a surface
• Hebrew: שׁוּלַיִם (shuláyim) — boundary line of a surface
• Hindi: किनारा (kinārā) — boundary line of a surface
• Hindi: कोना (konā) — boundary line of a surface
• Hungarian: szél — boundary line of a surface
• Hungarian: perem — boundary line of a surface
• Hungarian: szegély — boundary line of a surface
• Icelandic: kantur — boundary line of a surface
• Ingush: йист (jist) — boundary line of a surface
• Irish: imeall — boundary line of a surface
• Irish: ciumhais — boundary line of a surface
• Irish: colbha — boundary line of a surface
• Irish: corr — boundary line of a surface
• Italian: orlo — boundary line of a surface
• Italian: bordo — boundary line of a surface
• Japanese: 際 (kiwa) — boundary line of a surface
• Japanese: 端 (hashi) — boundary line of a surface
• Japanese: 縁 (heri) — boundary line of a surface
• Javanese: pinggir — boundary line of a surface
• Old Javanese: pinggir — boundary line of a surface
• Kapampangan: danggut — boundary line of a surface
• Kapampangan: sepu — boundary line of a surface
• Central Kurdish: قەراغ (qeraẍ) — boundary line of a surface
• Latgalian: mola — boundary line of a surface
• Latin: margō — boundary line of a surface
• Latvian: mala — boundary line of a surface
• Latvian: krasts — boundary line of a surface
• Lithuanian: kraštas — boundary line of a surface
• Lithuanian: briauna — boundary line of a surface
• Lushootseed: ʔili — boundary line of a surface
• Macedonian: раб (rab) — boundary line of a surface
• Malay: pinggir — boundary line of a surface
• Malayalam: വക്ക് (vakkŭ) — boundary line of a surface
• Malayalam: അറ്റം (aṟṟaṁ) — boundary line of a surface
• Maranao: sisid — boundary line of a surface
• Classical Nahuatl: tēntli — boundary line of a surface
• Norwegian: kant — boundary line of a surface
• Occitan: bòrd — boundary line of a surface
• Ossetian: кӕрон (kæron) — boundary line of a surface
• Persian: کنار (kenâr) — boundary line of a surface
• Pitjantjatjara: kantilypa — boundary line of a surface
• Plautdietsch: Kaunt — boundary line of a surface
• Polish: krawędź — boundary line of a surface
• Polish: skraj — boundary line of a surface
• Polish: rąbek — boundary line of a surface
• Polish: obrzeże — boundary line of a surface
• Polish: kraniec — boundary line of a surface
• Portuguese: margem — boundary line of a surface
• Quechua: pata — boundary line of a surface
• Romanian: margine — boundary line of a surface
• Romansh: ur — boundary line of a surface
• Romansh: our — boundary line of a surface
• Russian: край (kraj) — boundary line of a surface
• Russian: грань (granʹ) — boundary line of a surface
• Russian: кро́мка (krómka) — boundary line of a surface
• Sanskrit: धारा (dhārā) — boundary line of a surface
• Sardinian: óru — boundary line of a surface
• Sardinian: vora — boundary line of a surface
• Sardinian: màrgine — boundary line of a surface
• Sardinian: màrgini — boundary line of a surface
• Scottish Gaelic: iomall — boundary line of a surface
• Scottish Gaelic: oir — boundary line of a surface
• Serbo-Croatian: ру̑б — boundary line of a surface
• Serbo-Croatian: rȗb — boundary line of a surface
• Slovak: hrana — boundary line of a surface
• Slovene: rọ̑b — boundary line of a surface
• Spanish: orilla — boundary line of a surface
• Spanish: borde — boundary line of a surface
• Swedish: rand — boundary line of a surface
• Telugu: అంచు (añcu) — boundary line of a surface
• Ternate: uru — boundary line of a surface
• Thai: ขอบ (kɔ̀ɔp) — boundary line of a surface
• Turkish: kenar — boundary line of a surface
• Ottoman Turkish: قیی (kıyı) — boundary line of a surface
• Ottoman Turkish: لب (leb) — boundary line of a surface
• Ukrainian: край (kraj) — boundary line of a surface
• Ukrainian: грань (hranʹ) — boundary line of a surface
• Urdu: کنارہ (kanāra) — boundary line of a surface
• Vietnamese: rìa — boundary line of a surface
• Vietnamese: cạnh — boundary line of a surface
• Vietnamese: mép — boundary line of a surface
• Yagara: deea — boundary line of a surface
• Yakut: кытыы (kïtïï) — boundary line of a surface
• Yakut: дьайыҥ (jayïŋ) — boundary line of a surface
• Zazaki: kışt — boundary line of a surface
• Armenian: կողմ (koġm) — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Azerbaijani: til — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Bulgarian: страна́ (straná) — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Bulgarian: ръб (rǎb) — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Czech: hrana — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Dutch: ribbe — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Finnish: särmä — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• French: côté — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• German: Seite — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• German: Kante — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Greek: ακμή (akmí) — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Hebrew: צלע (tséla) — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Hungarian: oldal — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Icelandic: hlið — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Italian: lato — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Japanese: 辺 (hen) — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Malay: sisi — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Norwegian: sidekant — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Persian: ضلع — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Polish: krawędź — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Portuguese: aresta — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Russian: ребро́ (rebró) — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Spanish: lado — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Swedish: kant — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Telugu: భుజము (bhujamu) — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Thai: ขอบ (kɔ̀ɔp) — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Turkish: kenar — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Ukrainian: ребро́ (rebró) — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Zazaki: kışt — joining line between two vertices of a polygon
• Armenian: կողմ (koġm) — place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
• Breton: ker — place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
• Bulgarian: ръб (rǎb) — place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
• Czech: hrana — place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
• Dutch: ribbe — place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
• Finnish: särmä — place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
• French: arête — place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
• German: Kante — place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
• Hebrew: מקצוע (miktsóa') — place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
• Hungarian: él — place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
• Latvian: šķautne — place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
• Persian: یال — place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
• Polish: krawędź — place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
• Portuguese: aresta — place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
• Russian: грань (granʹ) — place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
• Russian: ребро́ (rebró) — place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
• Spanish: arista — place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
• Thai: ขอบ (kɔ̀ɔp) — place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
• Turkish: kenar — place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
• Zazaki: kışt — place where two faces of a polyhedron meet
• Armenian: առավելություն (aṙavelutʻyun) — an advantage
• Bulgarian: преимущество (preimuštestvo) — an advantage
• Dutch: voorsprong — an advantage
• Finnish: etulyöntiasema — an advantage
• Finnish: etu — an advantage
• Galician: vantaxe — an advantage
• German: Vorsprung — an advantage
• German: Vorteil — an advantage
• Hungarian: előny — an advantage
• Italian: vantaggio — an advantage
• Polish: przewaga — an advantage
• Russian: преиму́щество (preimúščestvo) — an advantage
• Spanish: ventaja — an advantage
• Turkish: avantaj — an advantage
• Ukrainian: перевага (perevaha) — an advantage
• Armenian: սայր (sayr) — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Armenian: բերան (beran) — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Bulgarian: резец (rezec) — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Bulgarian: нож (nož) — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Chinese Mandarin: 刃 (rèn) — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Czech: ostří — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Dutch: kling — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Finnish: terä — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• French: carre — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Galician: gume — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• German: Klinge — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• German: Schneide — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Greek: κόψη (kópsi) — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Hungarian: él — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Icelandic: egg — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Ingrian: nenä — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Italian: lama — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Italian: filo — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Japanese: 刃 (ha) — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Central Kurdish: دەم (dem) — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Latvian: asmens — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Latvian: asums — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Lithuanian: ašmenys — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Māori: niao — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Māori: niho — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Māori: koinga — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Norwegian Bokmål: egg — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Norwegian Nynorsk: egg — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Old English: ecg — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Polish: ostrze — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Portuguese: fio — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Portuguese: gume — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Romanian: tăiș — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Romanian: ascuțiș — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Russian: ле́звие (lézvije) — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Russian: остриё (ostrijó) — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Russian: грань (granʹ) — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Russian: кро́мка (krómka) — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Russian: резе́ц (rezéc) — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Sardinian: atta — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Lower Sorbian: rězyna — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Spanish: filo — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Swedish: egg — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Tahitian: ʻoiraʻa — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Thai: คม (kom) — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Turkish: bıçak ağzı — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Turkish: bıçak sırtı — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Ottoman Turkish: قلاغی (kılağı) — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Ottoman Turkish: كسكین (keskin) — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Ottoman Turkish: غراب (gurab) — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Ukrainian: вістря (vistrja) — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Ukrainian: лезо (lezo) — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Vietnamese: lưỡi dao — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Yakut: бии (bii) — thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument
• Bulgarian: острие (ostrie) — that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply
• Finnish: terä — that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply
• Russian: остриё (ostrijó) — that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply
• Bulgarian: ръб (rǎb) — any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
• Czech: hrana — any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
• Dutch: grens — any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
• Finnish: reuna — any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
• Finnish: laita — any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
• Finnish: ääri — any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
• French: bord — any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
• Hungarian: szél — any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
• Irish: imeall — any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
• Irish: colbha — any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
• Italian: bordo — any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
• Italian: filo — any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
• Polish: krawędź — any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
• Russian: грань (granʹ) — any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
• Russian: край (kraj) — any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
• Russian: кро́мка (krómka) — any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
• Russian: ребро́ (rebró) — any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
• Scottish Gaelic: iomall — any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
• Spanish: borde — any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge
• Bulgarian: острота (ostrota) — sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire
• Bulgarian: изостреност (izostrenost) — sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire
• Finnish: terävyys — sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire
• Bulgarian: ръб (rǎb) — border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part
• Finnish: reunus — border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part
• Finnish: alku — border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part
• Russian: ребро́ (rebró) — border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part
• Bulgarian: ребро (rebro) — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Catalan: aresta — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Chinese Mandarin: 边 (biān) — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Chinese Mandarin: 邊 /边 (biān) — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Czech: hrana — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Danish: kant — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Dutch: lijn — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Dutch: zijde — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Dutch: kant — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Dutch: tak — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Esperanto: latero — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Esperanto: eĝo — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Finnish: kaari — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• French: arête — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• German: Kante — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Hebrew: צלע (tzéla) — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Hebrew: קשת (késhet) — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Hungarian: él — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Icelandic: leggur — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Italian: arco — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Italian: spigolo — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Japanese: 辺 (hen) — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Occitan: aresta — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Polish: krawędź — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Portuguese: aresta — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Russian: грань (granʹ) — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Russian: ребро́ (rebró) — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Serbo-Croatian: brid — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Swedish: kant — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Turkish: kenar — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Ukrainian: грань (hranʹ) — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Ukrainian: ребро́ (rebró) — in graph theory: any of the pairs of vertices in a graph
• Bulgarian: отмествам (otmestvam) — to move something gradually
• Finnish: hivuttaa — to move something gradually
• German: schieben — to move something gradually
• German: verschieben — to move something gradually
• Māori: nekeneke — to move something gradually
• Māori: whakanekeneke — to move something gradually
• Chinese Mandarin: 寸止 (cùnzhǐ) — to delay one's orgasm