(abbreviation from Latin) (exempli gratia; for example: tropical fruit, e.g. mango, pineapple and avocado.)

egg

1) (an oval object usually covered with shell, laid by a bird, reptile etc, from which a young one is hatched: The female bird is sitting on the eggs in the nest.) ou

2) (such an object laid by a hen, used as food: Would you rather have boiled, fried or scrambled eggs?) ou

3) (in the female mammal, the cell from which the young one is formed; the ovum: The egg is fertilized by the male sperm.) ovul

- put all one's eggs in one basket

- teach one's grandmother to suck eggs

II [eɡ]

(to urge (somebody) on (to do something): He egged his friend on to steal the radio.) a îndemna

noun (a small cup-shaped container for holding a boiled egg while it is being eaten.)

noun (a dark purple fruit used as a vegetable.) (pătlăgea) vânătă

noun (the fragile covering of an egg.) coajă de ou

ego

['i:ɡəu, 'eɡou]

1) (personal pride: His criticism wounded my ego.) orgoliu

2) (the part of a person that is conscious and thinks; the self.) eul, sinele

[eɡə'sentrik, ](American[) i:ɡou-]

adjective (interested in oneself only.) egocentric

['e-, ](American[) i:-]

noun (selfishness.) egoism

['e-, ](American[) 'i:-]

adjective egoist

adjective egoist