egg Signification, définition

Signification de egg en français

• 0 an oval food from a chicken -- œuf [ masculine ]

  • 3 eggs and 1/2 cup of butter 3 œufs et 100 grammes de beurre

  • a boiled/fried egg un œuf à la coque / sur le plat

• 1 an object produced by a female animal that contains her baby -- œuf [ masculine ]

  • to lay eggs pondre des œufs

• 2 a cell produced by a female that can develop into a baby -- ovule [ masculine ]

  • The sperm fertilizes the egg. Le sperme féconde l’ovule.

• 3 to be embarrassed because sth you try to do fails -- avoir l’air malin

• 4 an oval object usually covered with shell, laid by a bird, reptile etc, from which a young one is hatched -- oeuf

  • The female bird is sitting on the eggs in the nest.

• 5 such an object laid by a hen, used as food -- oeuf

  • Would you rather have boiled, fried, or scrambled eggs?

• 6 in the female mammal, the cell from which the young one is formed; ovum -- ovule

  • The egg is fertilized by the male sperm.