Phrase guide

sunny side up

adj · adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of an egg: fried sunny side up.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, not-comparable

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2

adv

Meaning 2

Of an egg: fried on one side, served with the unbroken relatively soft yolk on the top.

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Usage: US, not-comparable

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3

adv

Meaning 3

Born with the head facing upward, as opposed to the normal downward-facing birth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, slang

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History

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Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَيْض عُيُون (bayḍ ʕuyūn) — type of fried egg
  • Arabic: بيض عيون (bēḍ ʕuyūn) — type of fried egg
  • Bulgarian: яйца на очи (jajca na oči) — type of fried egg
  • Chinese Cantonese: 太陽蛋 /太阳蛋 (taai3 joeng4 daan2) — type of fried egg
  • Chinese Mandarin: 太陽蛋 /太阳蛋 (tàiyángdàn) — type of fried egg
  • Danish: spejlæg — type of fried egg
  • Dutch: spiegelei — type of fried egg
  • Esperanto: fritita ovo — type of fried egg
  • Estonian: praemuna — type of fried egg
  • Finnish: häränsilmä — type of fried egg
  • French: œuf sur le plat — type of fried egg
  • French: œuf miroir — type of fried egg
  • French: œuf au plat — type of fried egg
  • German: Setzei — type of fried egg
  • German: Spiegelei — type of fried egg
  • Hebrew: בֵּיצַת עַיִן (bētzát 'áyin) — type of fried egg
  • Hungarian: tükörtojás — type of fried egg
  • Italian: uovo all'occhio di bue — type of fried egg
  • Japanese: 目玉焼き (medamayaki) — type of fried egg
  • Macedonian: јајце на око (jajce na oko) — type of fried egg
  • Malay: telur mata kerbau — type of fried egg
  • Polish: jajko sadzone — type of fried egg
  • Portuguese: ovo estrelado — type of fried egg
  • Portuguese: ovo frito — type of fried egg
  • Romanian: ou ochi — type of fried egg
  • Russian: глазу́нья (glazúnʹja) — type of fried egg
  • Serbo-Croatian: jaje na oko — type of fried egg
  • Slovak: volské oko — type of fried egg
  • Spanish: huevo frito — type of fried egg
  • Swedish: stekt ägg — type of fried egg
  • Turkish: göz yumurta — type of fried egg
  • Yiddish: אויג־פּרעזשעניצע (oyg-prezhenitse) — type of fried egg
  • Yiddish: אויגן־פּרעזשעניצע (oygn-prezhenitse) — type of fried egg