balut

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Philippines/baˈlʊt/

noun

Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell

OriginMalay balut ← Tagalog balut →
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Meanings

balut1

nounbalut (plural baluts)

plural baluts · alternative balot

  1. Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell

balut2

noun
  1. A dice game similar to Yahtzee

Origin

balut · noun

  1. Tagalogbalut
  2. Malaybalut
  3. Englishbalut

Borrowed from Malay balut and Tagalog balut.

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balut · noun

  1. Cebuanobalut
  2. Englishbalut

From Cebuano balut. Credited to Edgar Woolbright.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 毛蛋, 鴨仔蛋 /鸭仔蛋
  • 毛蛋 (máodàn)embryo food
  • 鴨仔蛋 /鸭仔蛋 (yāzǐdàn)embryo food
Indonesian balut
  • balutembryo food
Japanese バロット
  • バロット (barotto)embryo food
Polish balut
  • balutembryo food
Thai ไข่ข้าว
  • ไข่ข้าว (kài-kâao)embryo food
Vietnamese hột vịt lộn, trứng vịt lộn
  • hột vịt lộnembryo food
  • trứng vịt lộnembryo food

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

balut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balut

MLA

“balut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balut. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “balut,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balut.

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