Greek edit

Etymology edit

From αβγό (avgó, egg) +‎ κόβω (kóvo, to cut, to chop).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /avɣoˈkovo/
  • Hyphenation: α‧βγο‧κό‧βω

Verb edit

αβγοκόβω (avgokóvo) (past αβγόκοψα, passive αβγοκόβομαι)

  1. (cooking) to add a mixture of egg and lemon juice (αβγολέμονο (avgolémono)) to a soup or sauce
    • 1962, Dido Sotiriou, “Ματωμένα χώματα [Bloody Earth]”, in Google books[1]:
      Την έχω αυγοκόψει τη σουπίτσα, ξυνή, ξυνή όπως σάς αρέσει.
      Tin écho avgokópsei ti soupítsa, xyní, xyní ópos sás arései.
      I have added egg and lemon sauce to the soup, really sour, the way you like it.

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Further reading edit

  • αβγοκόβω - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.