Meanings
nounscrambled egg (countable and uncountable, plural scrambled eggs)
plural scrambled eggs
- countableplural normallyuncountableA dish made by beating and cooking eggs, sometimes mixed with milk, and typically stirred while cooking.
- countableplural normallyslanguncountableThe gold braid worn on the cap of an officer in the armed forces or police.
A massive POLICE CAPTAIN, spattered with gold braid and scrambled eggs on his hat, with beefy red face and white hair seems furious.
1971, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather (screenplay, third draft)
Origin
The gold braid sense is by fancied resemblance to the literal sense, with irreverence implied.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans roereier
- roereierdish
Arabic بَيْض مَخْفُوق
- بَيْض مَخْفُوق (bayḍ maḵfūq)dish
Bulgarian бъркани яйца
- бъркани яйца (bărkani jajca)dish
Catalan remenat d'ous
- remenat d'ousdish
Chinese Cantonese 炒蛋, 滑蛋
- 炒蛋dish
- 滑蛋dish
Chinese Mandarin 炒蛋
- 炒蛋 (chǎodàn)dish
Czech míchaná vejce
- míchaná vejcedish
Danish røræg
- rørægdish
Dutch roerei
- roereidish
Esperanto kirlovaĵo
- kirlovaĵodish
Estonian munapuder
- munapuderdish
Finnish munakokkeli
- munakokkelidish
French œuf brouillé
- œuf brouillédish
German Rührei
- Rühreidish
Greek χτυπητά αβγά
- χτυπητά αβγά (chtypitá avgá)dish
Hebrew בֵּיצָה מְקֻשְׁקֶשֶׁת
- בֵּיצָה מְקֻשְׁקֶשֶׁת (beytza mekushkéshet)dish
Hungarian rántotta, tojásrántotta
- rántottadish
- tojásrántottadish
- habart tojásdish
Irish uibheacha scrofa
- uibheacha scrofadish
Italian uova strapazzate
- uova strapazzatedish
Japanese スクランブルエッグ, スクランブルドエッグ
- スクランブルエッグ (sukuranburu eggu)dish
- スクランブルドエッグ (sukuranburudo eggu)dish
Korean 스크램블드 에그
- 스크램블드 에그 (seukeuraembeuldeu egeu)dish
Latvian olu kultenis
- olu kultenisdish
Lithuanian kiaušinienė
- kiaušinienėdish
Malay telur masak hancur, telur orak arik
- telur masak hancurdish
- telur orak arikdish
- telur dadar hancurdish
Norwegian Bokmål eggerøre
- eggerøredish
Persian خاگینه
- خاگینه (xâgine)dish
Polish jajecznica
- jajecznicadish
Portuguese ovos mexidos
- ovos mexidosdish
Russian яи́чница-болту́нья, яи́чница
- яи́чница-болту́нья (jaíčnica-boltúnʹja)dish
- яи́чница (jaíčnica)dish
Scottish Gaelic uighean pronn
- uighean pronndish
Slovak praženica
- praženicadish
Spanish huevos revueltos, huevos pericos
- huevos revueltosdish
- huevos pericosdish
- huevos picadosdish
Swedish äggröra
- äggröradish
Thai ไข่คน, ไข่กวน
- ไข่คน (kài-kon)dish
- ไข่กวน (kài-guuan)dish
Turkish çırpılmış yumurta
- çırpılmış yumurtadish
Welsh wyau wedi'u sgramblo
- wyau wedi'u sgramblodish
Yiddish פּרעזשעניצע, יאַיִטשניצע
- פּרעזשעניצע (prezhenitse)dish
- יאַיִטשניצע (yaitshnitse)dish
- אייערשפּײַז (eyershpayz)dish
Cite this entry
APA
scrambled egg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrambled%20egg
MLA
“scrambled egg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrambled%20egg. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scrambled egg,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrambled%20egg.
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