oeuf
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See also: œuf
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French œuf. Doublet of egg, ey, huevo, and ovum.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
oeuf (plural oeufs)
Related terms[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
oeuf m (plural oeufs)
- Nonstandard spelling of œuf.
Usage notes[edit]
- The œ ligature is often replaced in contemporary French with oe (the œ character does not appear on AZERTY keyboards), but this is nonstandard.
Further reading[edit]
- “oeuf”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French[edit]
Noun[edit]
oeuf m (plural oeufs)
- egg (an ovum)
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- Rhymes:English/əːf
- Rhymes:English/əːf/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English humorous terms
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