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egg-shaped

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

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having the shape of an egg.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ovate, oviform, ovoid

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

rounded like an egg

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From egg + shaped.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: ডিম্বাকার (ḍimbakar) — having the shape of an egg
  • Bulgarian: яйцевиден (jajceviden) — having the shape of an egg
  • Bulgarian: овален (ovalen) — having the shape of an egg
  • Catalan: ovoide — having the shape of an egg
  • Czech: vejčitý — having the shape of an egg
  • Danish: ægformet — having the shape of an egg
  • Dutch: eivormig — having the shape of an egg
  • Esperanto: ovoida — having the shape of an egg
  • Estonian: munajas — having the shape of an egg
  • Estonian: munakujuline — having the shape of an egg
  • Finnish: munanmuotoinen — having the shape of an egg
  • Finnish: ovoidi — having the shape of an egg
  • French: ovoïde — having the shape of an egg
  • French: ovoïdal — having the shape of an egg
  • German: eiförmig — having the shape of an egg
  • Greek: ωοειδής (ooeidís) — having the shape of an egg
  • Ancient Greek: ᾠοειδής (ōioeidḗs) — having the shape of an egg
  • Ancient Greek: ᾠώδης (ōiṓdēs) — having the shape of an egg
  • Hindi: अंडाकार (aṇḍākār) — having the shape of an egg
  • Hungarian: tojásdad — having the shape of an egg
  • Irish: ubhchruthach — having the shape of an egg
  • Japanese: 卵形 (tamagogata) — having the shape of an egg
  • Japanese: 卵形 (rankei) — having the shape of an egg
  • Macedonian: јајчест (jajčest) — having the shape of an egg
  • Malayalam: അണ്ഡാകാര (aṇḍākāra) — having the shape of an egg
  • Māori: porohema — having the shape of an egg
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eggformet — having the shape of an egg
  • Polish: jajowaty — having the shape of an egg
  • Romanian: ovoidal — having the shape of an egg
  • Russian: яйцеви́дный (jajcevídnyj) — having the shape of an egg
  • Russian: яйцеобра́зный (jajceobráznyj) — having the shape of an egg
  • Spanish: aovado — having the shape of an egg
  • Spanish: ovoidal — having the shape of an egg
  • Spanish: ovoide — having the shape of an egg
  • Spanish: ovoideo — having the shape of an egg
  • Swedish: äggformad — having the shape of an egg
  • Tagalog: habilugin — having the shape of an egg
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