Plural of egg
regular plural
The plural of egg is eggs.
Forms of egg
| Singular | egg /ɛɡ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | eggs /ɛɡz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Eggs in a sentence
- We made a big omelette with three eggs for breakfast.
- The farmer offered me some fresh eggs, but I told him I was allergic to egg.
- A few hundred pounds' worth of chicken and serveral dozen eggs.From the entry hundred
- I dropped a saucepan, which knocked over the eggs, which went all over the kitchen floor.From the entry which
- With eggs, you need to check for the quality mark before you buy.From the entry mark
Meaning of egg
- noun An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell during its development.
- noun The (usually) non-developing, edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, chicken; (uncountable) the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food.
- noun A food item shaped to resemble an egg (sense 1.1.1), such as a chocolate egg.
Questions about the plural of egg
- What is the plural of egg?
- The plural of egg is eggs.
- Is egg countable?
- Egg is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: egg (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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