eggshell

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

shell

🐚

crust

fruit skin

frail

hull

husk

husks

nutshell

skull

💀

egg-shell

cast-off skin

eggsheel

brittle

empty egg

egg shell

fragile

Translations

Eierschale

coquille

🐚

coquille d’oeuf

casca de ovo

cáscara de huevo

coque

🐚

yumurta kabuğu

cáscara

guscio

🐚

guscio d’uovo

eierschaal

τσόφλι

casca do ovo

Schale

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛɡʃɛl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: eggeshell

Cognate with Middle English: eye schell

Inherited from Old English: ǣġsċill

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Oaierskil

Cognate with Dutch: eierschaal

Cognate with German: Eierschale

Cognate with Danish: æggeskal

Cognate with Swedish: 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”).