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)

1. (British) 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

• Breton: dalc'her-vioù (br) m
• Danish: æggebæger (da) n
• Estonian: munatops, munapeeker
• 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)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: eggeglass n

• Polish: jajecznik (pl) m
• 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)