eggcup

See also: egg cup

English

Eggcup

Alternative forms

egg cup

Etymology

From egg +‎ cup. Compare West Frisian aailokje, Dutch eierdopje; German Eierbecher; Danish æggebæger; Swedish äggkopp; Norwegian eggeglass.

Noun

eggcup (plural eggcups)

(Britain) A small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten.

Translations

a small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten

Finnish: munakuppi (fi)
French: coquetier (fr) m
German: Eierbecher (de) m
Greek: αβγοθήκη (el) f (avgothíki)
Hungarian: tojástartó (hu)
Ido: ovuyo (io)
Irish: ubhchupán m
Italian: portauovo (it) m
Maltese: uviera f

Norman: cocotchi m (Jersey)
Portuguese: oveiro m
Russian: подста́вка для яиц (podstávka dlja jaic)
Scottish Gaelic: glainn'-uighe f
Spanish: huevera f
Swedish: äggkopp (sv) c
Tagalog: webera
Turkish: yumurtalık (tr)

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