eggshell

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

eierschaal

huisje

kinkhoorn

schaal

🐚

schelp

🐚

slakkehuis

eierschelp

Synoniemen

shell

🐚

crust

fruit skin

frail

hull

husk

husks

nutshell

skull

💀

egg-shell

cast-off skin

eggsheel

brittle

empty egg

egg shell

fragile

Vertalingen

Eierschale

coquille

🐚

coquille d’oeuf

cáscara de huevo

casca de ovo

coque

🐚

cáscara

yumurta kabuğu

guscio

🐚

guscio d’uovo

τσόφλι

Schale

casca do ovo

ince

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɛɡʃɛl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: eggeshell

Verwant aan Middelengels: eye schell

Overgenomen van Oudengels: ǣġsċill

Verwant aan Saterfries: Oaierskil

Verwant aan Nederlands: eierschaal

Verwant aan Duits: Eierschale

Verwant aan Deens: æggeskal

Verwant aan Zweeds: 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”).