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eggshell en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɛɡʃɛl/

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. Of a pale yellowish-whitish colour, like that of the eggshell.
   • The ceiling panels are in off-white eggshell semi-matt finish. 1959 January 14, “Single-Unit Diesel Railcars for the Western Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 57:
2. Exhibiting the thinness, translucency or near-transparency, and fragility of an eggshell.
   • eggshell porcelain
3. Very matt, having a low reflexivity, like an eggshell.
   • This clear varnish is available in gloss, matt and eggshell finishes.

Forms

Translations (1)

is beingulur (of a pale yellowish-whitish colour)

eggshell en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɛɡʃɛl/

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The shell around an egg.
   • Like Egge-ſhels mou'd upon their Surges, crack'd / As eaſily ’gainſt our Rockes. 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 380:
2. (countable, uncountable) A pale off-white colour, like that of the eggshell of many chickens.

Forms

Coordinates

robin's-egg blue

Deriveds

walk on eggshells · eggshell rule · eggshell blue · eggshellful

Translations (60)

es cáscara de huevo (object) · pdt Eiaschol (object) · lt kiaušinio lukštas (object) · lt lukštas (object) · pt casca de ovo (object) · nan-hbl 卵殼 /卵壳 (object) · fo eggjakoppur (object) · ru скорлупа́ (object) · lv čaumala (object) · de Eierschale (object) · hu tojáshéj (object) · ta முட்டையோடு (object) · gd plaosg-uighe (object) · nl eierschaal (object) · ca blanc de closca d'ou (colour) · km សំបកពង (object) · fr coquille d’œuf (colour) · pt casca de ovo (colour) · ja 卵殻 (object) · el αβγότσουφλο (object) · cs skořápka (object) · ro coajă de ou (object) · is eggjaskurn (object) · ja 卵の殻 (object) · sk škrupina (object) · yue 蛋殼 /蛋壳 (object) · is beingulur litur (colour) · gd slige (object) · ru яи́чная скорлупа́ (object) · bcl arikurong (object) · af eierdop (object) · kix vēulūikhūp (object) · fi munankuori (object) · eu arrautza-azal (object) · ast cascu (object) · mt qoxra tal-bajd (object) · pl skorupka jajka (object) · ca closca f d'ou (object) · eo ovoŝelo (object) · lb Eeërschuel (object) · bg черупка (object) · ko 계란(鷄卵) 껍질 (object) · cy plisgyn ŵy (object) · is beingulur (colour) · ko 달걀 껍질 (object) · lv olas čaumala (object) · cmn 蛋殼 /蛋壳 (object) · gl casca de ovo (object) · da æggeskal (object) · fr coquille d'œuf (object) · th เปลือกไข่ (object) · id kulit telur (object) · ar قَشْر الْبَيْضِ (object) · ko 난각 (object) · it guscio d'uovo (object) · fo eggjaskal (object) · cy masgl ŵy (object) · ga blaosc uibhe (object) · vi vỏ trứng (object) · sv äggskal (object)