Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

world egg

/wɜːld ˌɛɡ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

Syllables: world egg
IPA: /wɜːld ˌɛɡ/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mythological motif, found in the creation myths of many cultures and civilizations, of an egg from which the universe or some primordial being is "hatched".

Example Sentences

"With this shaping of chaos into a world-egg, or earth-sphere, arises then, according to the representation of these cosmogonies, the first being, the 'first-born,' or the first man. In Africa a Dogon myth says that in the beginning, a world egg divided into two birth sacs, containing sets of twins fathered by the creator god, Amma, on the maternal egg."
"The Mande people say that in the beginning the creator placed various kinds of seed in the world egg."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /wɜːld ˌɛɡ/

Inflected Forms

world eggs (plural)

Synonyms

cosmic egg

Questions

How do you pronounce world egg?: The recorded pronunciation is /wɜːld ˌɛɡ/.
What does world egg mean?: A mythological motif, found in the creation myths of many cultures and civilizations, of an egg from which the universe or some primordial being is "hatched".

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