sunny side up

adverb

Of an egg: fried on one side, served with the unbroken relatively soft yolk on the top.

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Meanings

adverbsunny side up (not comparable)

alternative sunny-side up · alternative sunnyside up

  1. USnot comparableOf an egg: fried on one side, served with the unbroken relatively soft yolk on the top.
  2. not comparableslangBorn with the head facing upward, as opposed to the normal downward-facing birth.
adjectivesunny side up (not comparable)

alternative sunny-side up · alternative sunnyside up

  1. USnot comparableOf an egg: fried sunny side up.

    Synonyms: sunny

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf an egg: fried sunny side up.

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sunny

Translations

Arabic بَيْض عُيُون
  • بَيْض عُيُون (bayḍ ʕuyūn)type of fried egg
Bulgarian яйца на очи
  • яйца на очи (jajca na oči)type of fried egg
Chinese Cantonese 太陽蛋 /太阳蛋
  • 太陽蛋 /太阳蛋 (taai³ joeng⁴ daan²)type of fried egg
Chinese Mandarin 太陽蛋 /太阳蛋
  • 太陽蛋 /太阳蛋 (tàiyángdàn)type of fried egg
Danish spejlæg
  • spejlægtype of fried egg
Dutch spiegelei
  • spiegeleitype of fried egg
Esperanto fritita ovo
  • fritita ovotype of fried egg
Estonian praemuna
  • praemunatype of fried egg
Finnish häränsilmä
  • häränsilmätype of fried egg
French œuf sur le plat, œuf miroir
  • œuf sur le plattype of fried egg
  • œuf miroirtype of fried egg
  • œuf au plattype of fried egg
German Setzei, Spiegelei
  • Setzeitype of fried egg
  • Spiegeleitype of fried egg
Hebrew בֵּיצַת עַיִן
  • בֵּיצַת עַיִן (bētzát 'áyin)type of fried egg
Hungarian tükörtojás
  • tükörtojástype of fried egg
Italian uovo all'occhio di bue
  • uovo all'occhio di buetype of fried egg
Japanese 目玉焼き
  • 目玉焼き (medamayaki)type of fried egg
Malay telur mata kerbau
  • telur mata kerbautype of fried egg
Polish jajko sadzone
  • jajko sadzonetype of fried egg
Portuguese ovo estrelado, ovo frito
  • ovo estreladotype of fried egg
  • ovo fritotype of fried egg
Romanian ou ochi
  • ou ochitype of fried egg
Russian глазу́нья
  • глазу́нья (glazúnʹja)type of fried egg
Slovak volské oko
  • volské okotype of fried egg
Spanish huevo frito
  • huevo fritotype of fried egg
Swedish stekt ägg
  • stekt äggtype of fried egg
Turkish göz yumurta
  • göz yumurtatype of fried egg
Yiddish אויג־פּרעזשעניצע, אויגן־פּרעזשעניצע
  • אויג־פּרעזשעניצע (oyg-prezhenitse)type of fried egg
  • אויגן־פּרעזשעניצע (oygn-prezhenitse)type of fried egg
Cite this entry
APA

sunny side up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunny%20side%20up

MLA

“sunny side up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunny%20side%20up. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sunny side up,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sunny%20side%20up.

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