"eggshell" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɛɡʃɛl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eggshell.wav Forms: more eggshell [comparative], most eggshell [superlative]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|eggeshell}} Middle English eggeshell, {{cog|enm|eye schell}} Middle English eye schell, {{inh|en|ang|ǣġsċill}} Old English ǣġsċill, {{compound|en|egg|shell}} egg + shell, {{cog|stq|Oaierskil|t=eggshell}} Saterland Frisian Oaierskil (“eggshell”), {{cog|nl|eierschaal|t=eggshell}} Dutch eierschaal (“eggshell”), {{cog|de|Eierschale|t=eggshell}} German Eierschale (“eggshell”), {{cog|da|æggeskal|t=eggshell}} Danish æggeskal (“eggshell”), {{cog|sv|äggskal|t=eggshell}} Swedish äggskal (“eggshell”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} eggshell (comparative more eggshell, superlative most eggshell)
  1. Of a pale yellowish-whitish colour, like that of the eggshell. Translations (of a pale yellowish-whitish colour): beingulur [masculine] (Icelandic)
    Sense id: en-eggshell-en-adj-MpmfNlAB Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 38 39 3 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 12 33 30 2 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 35 39 3 11 Disambiguation of 'of a pale yellowish-whitish colour': 95 3 2
  2. Exhibiting the thinness, translucency or near-transparency, and fragility of an eggshell. Categories (lifeform): Eggs
    Sense id: en-eggshell-en-adj-ul4kqPpm Disambiguation of Eggs: 6 40 36 12 6 Categories (other): English calculator words, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Bikol Central translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hokkien translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Luxembourgish translations, Terms with Maltese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English calculator words: 25 34 18 0 23 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 45 41 1 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 42 48 0 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 44 43 0 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 44 48 0 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 9 38 43 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bikol Central translations: 5 44 47 0 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 38 39 3 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 39 42 3 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 5 41 48 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 8 41 44 0 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 41 43 0 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 45 42 0 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hokkien translations: 8 38 43 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 45 38 3 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 9 40 41 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 43 46 0 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 6 43 46 0 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Luxembourgish translations: 8 38 43 3 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Maltese translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 12 33 30 2 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 2 43 52 0 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 35 39 3 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 40 41 3 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 43 46 0 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 43 48 0 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 8 41 45 0 6
  3. Very matt, having a low reflexivity, like an eggshell. Categories (lifeform): Eggs
    Sense id: en-eggshell-en-adj-FvUfc9wq Disambiguation of Eggs: 6 40 36 12 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Bikol Central translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hokkien translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Luxembourgish translations, Terms with Maltese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 45 41 1 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 42 48 0 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 44 43 0 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 44 48 0 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 9 38 43 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bikol Central translations: 5 44 47 0 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 38 39 3 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 39 42 3 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 5 41 48 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 8 41 44 0 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 41 43 0 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 9 36 45 3 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 36 45 3 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 45 42 0 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hokkien translations: 8 38 43 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 45 38 3 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 9 36 45 3 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 9 40 41 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 43 46 0 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 6 43 46 0 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Luxembourgish translations: 8 38 43 3 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Maltese translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 12 33 30 2 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 2 43 52 0 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 35 39 3 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 40 41 3 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 43 46 0 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 43 48 0 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 8 36 46 3 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 9 38 42 3 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 8 41 45 0 6

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛɡʃɛl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eggshell.wav Forms: eggshells [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|eggeshell}} Middle English eggeshell, {{cog|enm|eye schell}} Middle English eye schell, {{inh|en|ang|ǣġsċill}} Old English ǣġsċill, {{compound|en|egg|shell}} egg + shell, {{cog|stq|Oaierskil|t=eggshell}} Saterland Frisian Oaierskil (“eggshell”), {{cog|nl|eierschaal|t=eggshell}} Dutch eierschaal (“eggshell”), {{cog|de|Eierschale|t=eggshell}} German Eierschale (“eggshell”), {{cog|da|æggeskal|t=eggshell}} Danish æggeskal (“eggshell”), {{cog|sv|äggskal|t=eggshell}} Swedish äggskal (“eggshell”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} eggshell (plural eggshells)
  1. The shell around an egg. Categories (lifeform): Eggs
    Sense id: en-eggshell-en-noun-WGlBRatw Disambiguation of Eggs: 6 40 36 12 6
  2. A pale off-white colour, like that of the eggshell. Categories (topical): Whites Translations (colour): blanc de closca d'ou [masculine] (Catalan), coquille d’œuf [masculine] (French), beingulur litur [masculine] (Icelandic), beingulur [masculine] (Icelandic)
    Sense id: en-eggshell-en-noun-QWa2mTFm Disambiguation of Whites: 21 9 5 0 65 Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 12 33 30 2 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 12 35 39 3 11 Disambiguation of 'colour': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: eggshellful, eggshell blue, eggshell rule, walk on eggshells Translations (object): eierdop (Afrikaans), قَشْر الْبَيْضِ (qašr al-bayḍi) [masculine] (Arabic), arrautza-azal (Basque), arikurong (Bikol Central), черупка (čerupka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), closca f d'ou [masculine] (Catalan), 卵殼 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 卵壳 (nn̄g-khak) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 蛋殼 (Chinese Cantonese), 蛋壳 (alt: daan⁶⁻² hok³) (Chinese Cantonese), 蛋殼 (Chinese Mandarin), 蛋壳 (dànké, dànke) (Chinese Mandarin), skořápka [feminine] (Czech), æggeskal [common-gender] (Danish), eierschaal [feminine] (Dutch), eggjakoppur [masculine] (Faroese), eggjaskal [neuter] (Faroese), munankuori (Finnish), coquille d’œuf [feminine] (French), casca de ovo [feminine] (Galician), Eierschale [feminine] (German), αβγότσουφλο (avgótsouflo) [neuter] (Greek), tojáshéj (Hungarian), eggjaskurn [feminine] (Icelandic), kulit telur (Indonesian), blaosc uibhe [feminine] (Irish), guscio d'uovo (Italian), 卵の殻 (tamago no kara) (alt: たまごのから) (Japanese), 卵殻 (alt: らんかく, rankaku, たまごがら, tamagogara) (Japanese), សំបកពង (sɑmbɑɑk pɔɔng) (Khmer), 달걀 껍질 (dalgyal kkeopjil) (Korean), 난각 (nan'gak) (alt: 卵殼) (Korean), 계란 껍질 (gyeran kkeopjil) (Korean), olas čaumala [feminine] (Latvian), čaumala [feminine] (Latvian), kiaušinio lukštas [masculine] (Lithuanian), lukštas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Eeërschuel [feminine] (Luxembourgish), qoxra tal-bajd (Maltese), Eiaschol [feminine] (Plautdietsch), skorupka jajka [feminine] (Polish), casca de ovo [feminine] (Portuguese), coajă de ou [feminine] (Romanian), яи́чная скорлупа́ (jaíčnaja skorlupá) [feminine] (Russian), скорлупа́ (skorlupá) [feminine] (Russian), plaosg-uighe [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), slige [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), škrupina [feminine] (Slovak), cáscara de huevo [feminine] (Spanish), äggskal [neuter] (Swedish), เปลือกไข่ (bplʉ̀ʉak-kài) (Thai), vỏ trứng (Vietnamese), plisgyn ŵy (english: Southwest) [North, masculine] (Welsh), masgl ŵy [South, feminine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'object': 0 0

Inflected forms

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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "object",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "object",
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      "sense": "object",
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      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "object",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "object",
      "word": "munankuori"
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    {
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      "word": "plaosg-uighe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "slige"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "škrupina"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "object",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cáscara de huevo"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "object",
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      "word": "äggskal"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bplʉ̀ʉak-kài",
      "sense": "object",
      "word": "เปลือกไข่"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "object",
      "word": "vỏ trứng"
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      "sense": "object",
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      ],
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blanc de closca d'ou"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "coquille d’œuf"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "colour",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "beingulur litur"
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}

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      "form": "more eggshell",
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        "Of a pale yellowish-whitish colour, like that of the eggshell."
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          "text": "eggshell porcelain",
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          "text": "This clear varnish is available in gloss, matt and eggshell finishes.",
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "of a pale yellowish-whitish colour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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}

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