egg

œuf

Objet ovale produit par un oiseau ou un autre animal, où un petit peut grandir, et parfois consommé.

En anglais simple : An oval object produced by a bird or other animal, often containing a growing baby and sometimes eaten.

• There is an egg in the nest.
• The turtle laid her eggs in the sand.
• Would you like an egg for breakfast?

Expressions courantes : lay an egg, bird egg, boiled egg, egg shell

œuf

Objet ovale pondu par une poule ou un oiseau semblable, utilisé comme aliment.

En anglais simple : An oval object laid by a chicken or similar bird, used as food.

• I fried an egg for lunch.
• This cake needs two eggs.
• Would you like your egg boiled?

Synonymes : ey, huevo, oeuf

Expressions courantes : fried egg, boiled egg, egg yolk, egg sandwich

ovule

Cellule reproductrice femelle qui peut commencer à former un nouvel être après son union avec une cellule mâle.

En anglais simple : A female reproductive cell that can begin developing into a baby after joining with a male cell.

• An egg joins with a sperm cell.
• The doctor examined the fertilized eggs.
• She decided to become an egg donor.

Synonymes : egg cell, ovum

Expressions courantes : fertilized egg, egg cell, egg donor, donor egg

œuf

État d’une personne qui ne sait pas encore qu’elle est trans.

En anglais simple : A person's state of not yet realizing that they are transgender.

• My egg cracked when I recognized my feelings about gender.
• Discovering that community helped crack her egg.
• He described his egg as years of unexplained discomfort.

Expressions courantes : crack someone's egg, someone's egg cracks

jeter des œufs

Lancer des œufs sur quelqu’un ou quelque chose, généralement pour déranger ou abîmer.

En anglais simple : To throw eggs at a person or thing, usually to upset someone or cause damage.

• Someone egged our car.
• The teenagers threatened to egg his house.
• Protesters egged the politician outside the hall.

Expressions courantes : egg someone's house, egg a car, egg someone

ovaliser

Déformer un tube rond ou un objet semblable pour rendre son ouverture ovale.

En anglais simple : To change a round tube or similar object so that its opening becomes oval.

• Too much pressure can egg the tube.
• The clamp egged the thin metal pipe.
• Check whether the vise has egged the tubing.

Synonymes : ovalize

Expressions courantes : egg the tube, egg a pipe, egg the tubing