eggshell

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• /ˈɛɡʃɛl/
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From Middle English eggeshell, ege schelle, egg-shel, egg shelle (also as Middle English eye schell, ey-schel, ey-schelle), partially continuing Old English ǣġsċill, ǣġsċyll (“eggshell”), equivalent to egg + shell. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oaierskil (“eggshell”), Dutch eierschaal (“eggshell”), German Eierschale (“eggshell”), Danish æggeskal (“eggshell”), Swedish äggskal (“eggshell”).

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Icelandic: beingulur — of a pale yellowish-whitish colour
• Afrikaans: eierdop — object
• Arabic: قَشْر الْبَيْضِ (qašr al-bayḍi) — object
• Asturian: cascu — object
• Basque: arrautza-azal — object
• Central Bikol: arikurong — object
• Bulgarian: черупка (čerupka) — object
• Catalan: closca f d'ou — object
• Chinese Cantonese: 蛋殼 /蛋壳 — object
• Chinese: 卵殼 /卵壳 (nn̄g-khak) — object
• Chinese Mandarin: 蛋殼 /蛋壳 (dànké, dànke) — object
• Czech: skořápka — object
• Danish: æggeskal — object
• Dutch: eierschaal — object
• Faroese: eggjakoppur — object
• Faroese: eggjaskal — object
• Finnish: munankuori — object
• French: coquille d'œuf — object
• Galician: casca de ovo — object
• German: Eierschale — object
• Greek: αβγότσουφλο (avgótsouflo) — object
• Hungarian: tojáshéj — object
• Icelandic: eggjaskurn — object
• Indonesian: kulit telur — object
• Irish: blaosc uibhe — object
• Italian: guscio d'uovo — object
• Japanese: 卵の殻 (tamago no kara) — object
• Japanese: 卵殻 — object
• Khmer: សំបកពង (sɑmbɑɑk pɔɔng) — object
• Korean: 달걀 껍질 (dalgyal kkeopjil) — object
• Korean: 계란(鷄卵) 껍질 (gyeran kkeopjil) — object
• Korean: 난각 (nan'gak) — object
• Latvian: olas čaumala — object
• Latvian: čaumala — object
• Lithuanian: kiaušinio lukštas — object
• Lithuanian: lukštas — object
• Luxembourgish: Eeërschuel — object
• Maltese: qoxra tal-bajd — object
• Khiamniungan Naga: vēulūikhūp — object
• Plautdietsch: Eiaschol — object
• Polish: skorupka jajka — object
• Portuguese: casca de ovo — object
• Romanian: coajă de ou — object
• Russian: яи́чная скорлупа́ (jaíčnaja skorlupá) — object
• Russian: скорлупа́ (skorlupá) — object
• Scottish Gaelic: plaosg-uighe — object
• Scottish Gaelic: slige — object
• Slovak: škrupina — object
• Spanish: cáscara de huevo — object
• Swedish: äggskal — object
• Tamil: முட்டையோடு (muṭṭaiyōṭu) — object
• Thai: เปลือกไข่ (bplʉ̀ʉak-kài) — object
• Vietnamese: vỏ trứng — object
• Welsh: plisgyn ŵy — object
• Welsh: masgl ŵy — object
• Catalan: blanc de closca d'ou — colour
• French: coquille d’œuf — colour
• Icelandic: beingulur litur — colour
• Icelandic: beingulur — colour
• Portuguese: casca de ovo — colour