eggcup

See also: egg cup

English

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eggcup

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Alternative forms

• egg cup

Etymology

From egg +‎ cup. Compare Swedish äggkopp.

Pronunciation

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Noun

eggcup (plural eggcups)

1. A small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten.

   Hypernyms: cup < dish

   Coordinate terms: ramekin; egg spoon, egg cosy

Derived terms

• eggcupful

Translations

a small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten

Breton: dalc'her-vioù (br) m Catalan: ouera f Danish: æggebæger (da) n Dutch: eierdopje (nl) Esperanto: ovingo Estonian: munatops, munapeeker Finnish: munakuppi (fi) French: coquetier (fr) m German: Eierbecher (de) m Greek: αβγοθήκη (el) f (avgothíki) Hungarian: tojástartó (hu) Ido: ovuyo (io) Irish: ubhchupán m Italian: portauovo (it) m Korean: 에그 컵 (egeu keop) Maltese: uviera f Norman: cocotchi m (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: eggeglass n Persian: تخم‌مرغ‌دان Polish: jajecznik (pl) m Portuguese: oveiro (pt) m Russian: подста́вка для яиц (podstávka dlja jaic) Scottish Gaelic: glainn'-uighe f Spanish: huevera (es) f Swedish: äggkopp (sv) c Tagalog: webera Turkish: yumurtalık (tr) Welsh: cwpan ŵy m