eggshell

(Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The shell around an egg.
2. (countable, uncountable) A pale off-white colour, like that of the eggshell of many chickens.

Adj

1. Of a pale yellowish-whitish colour, like that of the eggshell.
2. Exhibiting the thinness, translucency or near-transparency, and fragility of an eggshell.
3. Very matt, having a low reflexivity, like an eggshell.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɛɡʃɛl/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: eggeshell

Cognado con inglés medio: eye schell

Heredado de inglés antiguo: ǣġsċill

Cognado con Saterfriesisch: Oaierskil

Cognado con neerlandés: eierschaal

Cognado con alemán: Eierschale

Cognado con danés: æggeskal

Cognado con sueco: äggskal

In summary

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”).

Conceptos

cáscara de huevo

cáscara

concha

huevo

🥚

Sinónimos

shell

🐚

crust

fruit skin

frail

hull

husk

husks

nutshell

skull

💀

egg-shell

cast-off skin

eggsheel

brittle

empty egg

egg shell

fragile

Traducciones

Eierschale

coquille

🐚

coquille d’oeuf

casca de ovo

coque

🐚

yumurta kabuğu

skorupka jajka

guscio

🐚

guscio d’uovo

eierschaal

ince

Schale

casca do ovo

τσόφλι

nazik