Ei

Signification (English)

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

Concepts

œuf

🥚

couille

oeuf

ovule

testicule

rouston

œuf de poule

ova

burettes

triquebille

gosse

🧒

Œuf

roubignole

gonade

oeuf frais

oeufs

Synonyms

Ovum

Hühnerei

Eizelle

Testikel

Hoden

Nuss

Nüsse

Sack

Laich

Gonade

Keimdrüse

Hode

Frischei

Ovulum

Jariken

Oocyte

Dialectes

canton de Bâle-Campagne

ai

canton de Saint-Gall

aiar

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/aɪ̯/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen haut-allemand: ei

Inherited from ancien haut allemand: ei

Cognate with yiddish: איי

Cognate with néerlandais: ei

Cognate with frison occidental: aai

Cognate with anglais: ey

Cognate with danois: æg

In summary

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.