Meanings
nounboiled egg (plural boiled eggs)
plural boiled eggs
- An egg which has been cooked in the shell in boiling water. It may be hard-boiled or soft-boiled.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Arabic بَيْضَة مَسْلُوقَة, بَيْض مَسْلُوق
- بَيْضَة مَسْلُوقَة (bayḍa maslūqa)boiled egg (generic)
- بَيْض مَسْلُوق (bayḍ maslūq)boiled egg (generic)
Catalan ou bullit, ou bullit
- ou bullitboiled egg (generic)
- ou bullithard-boiled egg
- ou durhard-boiled egg
- ou molletsoft-boiled egg
Chinese Mandarin 水煮蛋, 全熟蛋
- 水煮蛋 (shuǐzhǔdàn)boiled egg (generic)
- 全熟蛋 (quánshúdàn)hard-boiled egg
- 半熟蛋 (bànshúdàn)soft-boiled egg
Czech vařené vejce, vejce natvrdo
- vařené vejceboiled egg (generic)
- vejce natvrdohard-boiled egg
- vejce naměkkosoft-boiled egg
Danish kogt æg
- kogt ægboiled egg (generic)
Dutch gekookte ei
- gekookte eiboiled egg (generic)
Estonian keedumuna
- keedumunaboiled egg (generic)
Finnish keitetty muna, kovaksi keitetty muna
- keitetty munaboiled egg (generic)
- kovaksi keitetty munahard-boiled egg
- löysä munasoft-boiled egg
French œuf bouilli, œuf dur
- œuf bouilliboiled egg (generic)
- œuf durhard-boiled egg
- œuf à la coquesoft-boiled egg
- œuf molletsoft-boiled egg
German gekochtes Ei, gesottenes Ei
- gekochtes Eiboiled egg (generic)
- gesottenes Eiboiled egg (generic)
- hart gekochtes Eihard-boiled egg
- weich gekochtes Eisoft-boiled egg
Greek βραστό αβγό, σφιχτό αβγό
- βραστό αβγό (vrastó avgó)boiled egg (generic)
- σφιχτό αβγό (sfichtó avgó)hard-boiled egg
- μελάτο αβγό (meláto avgó)soft-boiled egg
Hebrew ביצה קשה, ביצה רכה
- ביצה קשה (baytsa kasha)hard-boiled egg
- ביצה רכה (baytsa raka)soft-boiled egg
Hungarian főtt tojás, keménytojás
- főtt tojásboiled egg (generic)
- keménytojáshard-boiled egg
- lágytojássoft-boiled egg
Italian uovo sodo, uovo alla coque
- uovo sodohard-boiled egg
- uovo alla coquesoft-boiled egg
- uovo bazzottosoft-boiled egg
Japanese ゆで卵, 固ゆで卵
- ゆで卵 (yude-tamago)boiled egg (generic)
- 固ゆで卵 (katayude-tamago)hard-boiled egg
- 半熟卵 (hanjuku tamago)soft-boiled egg
Korean 삶은달걀, 삶은계란
- 삶은달걀 (salmeundalgyal)boiled egg (generic)
- 삶은계란 (salmeun'gyeran)boiled egg (generic)
- 단단한 삶은달걀 (dandanhan salmeundalgyal)hard-boiled egg
- 단단한 삶은계란 (dandanhan salmeun'gyeran)hard-boiled egg
- 반숙란 (bansungnan)soft-boiled egg
Norwegian Bokmål kokt egg, hardkokt egg
- kokt eggboiled egg (generic)
- hardkokt egghard-boiled egg
- bløtkokt eggsoft-boiled egg
- blautkokt eggsoft-boiled egg
Polish ugotowane jajko, jajko na twardo
- ugotowane jajkoboiled egg (generic)
- jajko na twardohard-boiled egg
- jajko na miękkosoft-boiled egg
Portuguese ovo cozido, ovo cozido
- ovo cozidoboiled egg (generic)
- ovo cozidohard-boiled egg
- ovo quentesoft-boiled egg
Romanian ou fiert, ou fiert tare
- ou fiertboiled egg (generic)
- ou fiert tarehard-boiled egg
- ou fiert moalesoft-boiled egg
Russian варёное яйцо́, яйцо́ вкруту́ю
- варёное яйцо́ (varjónoje jajcó)boiled egg (generic)
- яйцо́ вкруту́ю (jajcó vkrutúju)hard-boiled egg
- яйцо́ всмя́тку (jajcó vsmjátku)soft-boiled egg
Spanish huevo cocido, huevo hervido
- huevo cocidoboiled egg (generic)
- huevo hervidohard-boiled egg
- huevo durohard-boiled egg
- huevo pasadosoft-boiled egg
Swedish kokt ägg, hårdkokt ägg
- kokt äggboiled egg (generic)
- hårdkokt ägghard-boiled egg
- löskokt äggsoft-boiled egg
Tagalog nilagang itlog
- nilagang itlogboiled egg (generic)
Thai ไข่ต้ม
- ไข่ต้ม (kài-dtôm)boiled egg (generic)
Urdu ابلا انڈا
- ابلا انڈا (ubala ãṇḍā)boiled egg (generic)
Vietnamese trứng luộc
- trứng luộcboiled egg (generic)
Welsh ŵy wedi ei ferwi, ŵy wedi'i ferwi'n galed
- ŵy wedi ei ferwiboiled egg (generic)
- ŵy wedi'i ferwi'n galedhard-boiled egg
- ŵy wedi'i led-ferwisoft-boiled egg
Cite this entry
APA
boiled egg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boiled%20egg
MLA
“boiled egg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boiled%20egg. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boiled egg,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boiled%20egg.
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