"eggcup" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eggcup.wav Forms: eggcups [plural], egg cup [alternative]
Etymology: From egg + cup. Compare Swedish äggkopp. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|egg|cup}} egg + cup Head templates: {{en-noun}} eggcup (plural eggcups)
  1. A small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten. Hypernyms: cup, dish Derived forms: eggcupful Coordinate_terms: ramekin, ;, egg spoon, egg cosy Translations (a small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten): dalc'her-vioù [masculine] (Breton), ouera [feminine] (Catalan), æggebæger [neuter] (Danish), eierdopje (Dutch), ovingo (Esperanto), munatops (Estonian), munapeeker (Estonian), munakuppi (Finnish), coquetier [masculine] (French), Eierbecher [masculine] (German), αβγοθήκη (avgothíki) [feminine] (Greek), tojástartó (Hungarian), ovuyo (Ido), ubhchupán [masculine] (Irish), portauovo [masculine] (Italian), 에그 컵 (egeu keop) (Korean), uviera [feminine] (Maltese), cocotchi [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), eggeglass [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), تخممرغدان (Persian), jajecznik [masculine] (Polish), oveiro [masculine] (Portuguese), подста́вка для яиц (podstávka dlja jaic) (Russian), glainn'-uighe [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), huevera [feminine] (Spanish), äggkopp [common-gender] (Swedish), webera (Tagalog), yumurtalık (Turkish), cwpan ŵy [masculine] (Welsh)

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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "a small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eggeglass"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "sense": "a small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten",
      "word": "تخممرغدان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "a small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jajecznik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "a small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oveiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "podstávka dlja jaic",
      "sense": "a small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten",
      "word": "подста́вка для яиц"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "sense": "a small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glainn'-uighe"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "a small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "huevera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "a small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "äggkopp"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "a small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten",
      "word": "webera"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "a small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten",
      "word": "yumurtalık"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "a small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cwpan ŵy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eggcup"
}

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