eggshell

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɡʃɛl/

Noun

eggshell (plural eggshells)

1. The shell around an egg.
2. A pale off-white colour, like that of the eggshell.

   eggshell:  

Derived terms

• eggshellful

Translations

object

• Arabic: قَشْر الْبَيْضِ‎ m (qašr al-bayḍi)
• Basque: arrautza-azal
• Bikol Central: arikurong
• Bulgarian: черупка (bg) f (čerupka)
• Catalan: closca (ca) f d'ou (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蛋殼, 蛋壳 (daan^6-2 hok³)

  Mandarin: 蛋殼 (zh), 蛋壳 (zh) (dànké, dànke)

  Min Nan: 卵殼, 卵壳 (nn̄g-khak)

• Czech: skořápka (cs) f
• Danish: æggeskal (da) c
• Dutch: eierschaal (nl) f
• Faroese: eggjakoppur m, eggjaskal n
• Finnish: munankuori (fi)
• French: coquille d'œuf (fr) f
• Galician: casca de ovo f
• German: Eierschale (de) f
• Greek: αβγότσουφλο (el) n (avgótsouflo)
• Hungarian: tojáshéj (hu)
• Icelandic: eggjaskurn f
• Indonesian: kulit telur

• Irish: blaosc uibhe f
• Italian: guscio d'uovo
• Japanese: 卵の殻 (たまごのから, tamago no kara), 卵殻 (らんかく, rankaku, たまごがら, tamagogara)
• Khmer: សំបកពង (sɑmbɑɑk pɔɔng)
• Korean: 달걀 껍질 (dalgyal kkeopjil), 난각 (nan-gak) (卵殼), 계란 껍질 (gyeran kkeopjil)
• Latvian: olas čaumala f, čaumala f
• Luxembourgish: Eeërschuel f
• Maltese: qoxra tal-bajd
• Plautdietsch: Eiaschol f
• Polish: skorupka jajka f
• Portuguese: casca de ovo f
• Romanian: coajă de ou f
• Russian: яи́чная скорлупа́ f (jaíčnaja skorlupá), скорлупа́ (ru) f (skorlupá)
• Scottish Gaelic: plaosg-uighe m, slige f
• Slovak: škrupina f
• Spanish: cáscara de huevo f
• Swedish: äggskal (sv) n
• Thai: เปลือกไข่ (bplʉ̀ʉak-kài)
• Vietnamese: vỏ trứng
• Welsh: plisgyn ŵy m (North, Southwest), masgl ŵy f (South)

colour

• Catalan: blanc de closca d'ou (ca) m

• Icelandic: beingulur litur m, beingulur m

Adjective

eggshell (comparative more eggshell, superlative most eggshell)

1. Of a pale yellowish-whitish colour, like that of the eggshell.
2. Exhibiting the thinness, translucency or near-transparency, and fragility of an eggshell; as in eggshell porcelain.
3. Very matt, having a low reflexivity, like an eggshell.

   This clear varnish is available in gloss, matt and eggshell finishes.

Translations

of a pale yellowish-whitish colour

• Icelandic: beingulur m

Derived terms

• eggshell blue
• walk on eggshells

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Further reading

• eggshell on Wikipedia.Wikipedia