egg white
egg white noun: the clear fluid part of an egg surrounding the yolk, being mostly the protein albumin and water, which turns stiff and white when beaten or cooked.
Noun
egg white (countable and uncountable, plural egg whites)
- The clear fluid part of an egg surrounding the yolk, being mostly the protein albumin and water, which turns stiff and white when beaten or cooked.
- The white of a particular egg.
egg white meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Pashto
egg white in Tamil
- முட்டை வெண்கரு
egg white in Urdu
- سفیدی
egg white in Bengali
- clear fluid part of an egg surrounding the yolk; white of a particular egg
- সফেদী śophedi
egg white in Pashto
- clear fluid part of an egg surrounding the yolk; white of a particular egg
- سپين spin
More languagesFewer languages
- egg white in Tagalog
- puti ng itlog
- egg white in Arabic
- غِرْقِل ḡirqil, آح البَيْض ʔāḥ al-bayḍ, زُلَال zulāl, بياض bayāḍ
- egg white in Malay
- albumen, putih telur
- egg white in Indonesian
- putih telur
- egg white in Persian
- سفیده sefide
- egg white in Thai
- ไข่ขาว khaì khaǎo
- egg white in Vietnamese
- lòng trắng
Synonyms of egg white
Forms of egg white
| plural | egg whites |
|---|---|
| alternative form | eggwhite |
| alternative form | egg-white |
Origin of egg white
Probably a remodelled form of Middle English whit of an egge (“white of an egg”). Compare Old Norse eggja-hvíta (“egg-white”) (whence Icelandic eggjahvíta, Swedish äggvita, Danish æggehvide), Saterland Frisian Oaiwiet (“egg-white”), West Frisian aaiwyt (“egg-white”), Dutch eiwit (“egg-white”), German Low German Witt vun't Ei (“white of the egg”) beside Eiwitt (“egg-white”), German Eiweiß (“egg-white”).
Words formed from egg white
Questions about egg white
- What does egg white mean?
- Egg white means the clear fluid part of an egg surrounding the yolk, being mostly the protein albumin and water, which turns stiff and white when beaten or cooked.
- What is egg white in Tamil?
- Egg white in Tamil is முட்டை வெண்கரு. See Egg white meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is egg white?
- Egg white is a noun.
- What is the plural of egg white?
- The plural of egg white is egg whites.
Words near egg white in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: egg white (page history and authors); egg white (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); egg white (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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