Ei

Significat (anglès)

1. (neuter,strong) egg (all biological senses)
2. (neuter,strong) something egg-shaped
3. (informal,neuter,plural-normally,strong) testicle; ball (also figuratively)
4. (colloquial,in-plural,neuter,strong) bucks (money)
5. (colloquial,derogatory,mildly,neuter,strong,usually,vocative) clown; foolish bloke

Sinònims

Ovum

Hühnerei

Eizelle

Testikel

Hoden

Nuss

Nüsse

Sack

Laich

Gonade

Keimdrüse

Hode

Frischei

Ovulum

Jariken

Oocyte

Dialectes

Basilea-Camp

ai

Cantó de Sankt Gallen

aiar

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/aɪ̯/

Etimologia (anglès)

Inherited from Middle High German ei and Old High German ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.
Cognate with Yiddish איי (ey), Dutch ei, West Frisian aai, English ey and egg, Danish æg.