chicken-or-egg question en · NOUN
Meanings
- A supposed paradox concerning whether chickens or chicken eggs existed first.
- (broadly) A question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chicken and egg question | alternative | lexicographic | |
| chicken-and-egg problem | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hen or egg question | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hen-and-egg question | alternative | lexicographic | |
| chicken-and-egg question | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hen-and-egg problem | alternative | lexicographic | |
| chicken or egg question | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hen-or-egg question | alternative | lexicographic | |
| chicken-or-egg questions | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| hen and egg question | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (15)
de Henne-Ei-Problem (a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first) · es paradoja del huevo y la gallina (a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first) · it paradosso dell'uovo e della gallina (a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first) · ru диле́мма ку́рицы и яйца́ (a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first) · ko 닭이 먼저냐? 일이 먼저냐? (a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first) · ja 鶏が先か、卵が先か (a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first) · ar مُعْضِلَة الدَجَاجَةِ وَالبَيْضَةِ (a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first) · ru пробле́ма ку́рицы и яйца́ (a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first) · scn paradossu uovu o jaddina (a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first) · cmn 先有鷄還是先有蛋 /先有鸡还是先有蛋 (a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first) · pt paradoxo do ovo e da galinha (a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first) · nl kip-en-eiprobleem (a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first) · co paradossu di l'ovu è di a ghjaddina (a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first) · co paradossu di l'ovu è di a ghjallina (a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first) · fr paradoxe de l’œuf et de la poule (a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first)