egg yolk

Meaning

The central part of a chicken’s (or other bird’s) egg, yellow when fresh.

Synonyms

yolk

egg

🥚

lemon curd

vitellus

yellow

yolk of an egg

Translations

jaune d’œuf

Eigelb

tuorlo

jaune

Dotter

eigeel

jaune d’oeuf

yema

gema

eidooier

gema de ovo

rosso d’uovo

vitellus

vitellus

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: egyolk

Cognate with Dutch: eigeel

Cognate with German: Eigelb

Cognate with Swedish: äggula

In summary

From Middle English egyolk, egge yolk, equivalent to egg + yolk. Compare Dutch eigeel (“egg yolk”), German Low German Eigeel (“egg yolk”), German Eigelb (“egg yolk”), Swedish äggula (“egg yolk”).