eggshell
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: 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”).
Compound parts: egg
shell
Inflected forms:
form: eggshells
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more eggshell
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most eggshell
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: The shell around an egg.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Like Egge-ſhels mou'd upon their Surges, crack'd / As eaſily ’gainſt our Rockes.
gloss: A pale off-white colour, like that of the eggshell of many chickens.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Of a pale yellowish-whitish colour, like that of the eggshell.
pos: adj
examples: The ceiling panels are in off-white eggshell semi-matt finish.
gloss: Exhibiting the thinness, translucency or near-transparency, and fragility of an eggshell.
pos: adj
examples: eggshell porcelain
gloss: Very matt, having a low reflexivity, like an eggshell.
pos: adj
examples: This clear varnish is available in gloss, matt and eggshell finishes.
Derived words: eggshellful
eggshell blue
eggshell rule
walk on eggshells
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: eierdop
lang: Arabic
word: قَشْر الْبَيْضِ
roman: qašr al-bayḍi
lang: Asturian
word: cascu
lang: Basque
word: arrautza-azal
lang: Central Bikol
word: arikurong
lang: Bulgarian
word: черупка
roman: čerupka
lang: Catalan
word: closca f d'ou
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 蛋殼 /蛋壳
lang: Chinese
word: 卵殼 /卵壳
roman: nn̄g-khak
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 蛋殼 /蛋壳
roman: dànké, dànke
lang: Czech
word: skořápka
lang: Danish
word: æggeskal
lang: Dutch
word: eierschaal
lang: Faroese
word: eggjakoppur
lang: Faroese
word: eggjaskal
lang: Finnish
word: munankuori
lang: French
word: coquille d'œuf
lang: Galician
word: casca de ovo
lang: German
word: Eierschale
lang: Greek
word: αβγότσουφλο
roman: avgótsouflo
lang: Hungarian
word: tojáshéj
lang: Icelandic
word: eggjaskurn
lang: Indonesian
word: kulit telur
lang: Irish
word: blaosc uibhe
lang: Italian
word: guscio d'uovo
lang: Japanese
word: 卵の殻
roman: tamago no kara
lang: Japanese
word: 卵殻
lang: Khmer
word: សំបកពង
roman: sɑmbɑɑk pɔɔng
lang: Korean
word: 달걀 껍질
roman: dalgyal kkeopjil
lang: Korean
word: 계란(鷄卵) 껍질
roman: gyeran kkeopjil
lang: Korean
word: 난각
roman: nan'gak
lang: Latvian
word: olas čaumala
lang: Latvian
word: čaumala
lang: Lithuanian
word: kiaušinio lukštas
lang: Lithuanian
word: lukštas
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Eeërschuel
lang: Maltese
word: qoxra tal-bajd
lang: Khiamniungan Naga
word: vēulūikhūp
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Eiaschol
lang: Polish
word: skorupka jajka
lang: Portuguese
word: casca de ovo
lang: Romanian
word: coajă de ou
lang: Russian
word: яи́чная скорлупа́
roman: jaíčnaja skorlupá
lang: Russian
word: скорлупа́
roman: skorlupá
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: plaosg-uighe
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: slige
lang: Slovak
word: škrupina
lang: Spanish
word: cáscara de huevo
lang: Swedish
word: äggskal
lang: Tamil
word: முட்டையோடு
roman: muṭṭaiyōṭu
lang: Thai
word: เปลือกไข่
roman: bplʉ̀ʉak-kài
lang: Vietnamese
word: vỏ trứng
lang: Welsh
word: plisgyn ŵy
lang: Welsh
word: masgl ŵy