English
Etymology
American English c. 1775 (although drinks like it are attested far earlier, e.g. posset, of which a monastic Christmas recipe used eggs), from egg + nog.
The second element is uncertain and long-debated; prominent claims include Norfolk dialect nog (“strong ale”), or a clipping of noggin (“small, carved wooden mug used to serve alcohol”) (q.v.). Other hypotheses include a variant of grog (“rum-and-water cocktail”), and descent from Old Norse (compare wassail).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɛɡˈnɒɡ/, /ˈɛɡ.nɒɡ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛɡ.nɑɡ/
- Rhymes: (UK) -ɒɡ
Noun
eggnog (countable and uncountable, plural eggnogs)
- A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy, or whisky; popular at Christmas.
- Synonyms: nog, egg flip, egg-hot
Translations
egg-based beverage
- Arabic: شراب البيض m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 蛋酒 (zh) (dànjiǔ), 蛋奶酒 (dànnǎijiǔ), 蛋諾類 / 蛋诺类 (dànnuòlèi)
- Czech: vaječný likér (cs) m
- Danish: æggelikør c
- Dutch: advocaat (nl) m, eierpunch m
- Esperanto: ovopunĉo
- Estonian: munaliköör
- Finnish: munatoti (fi)
- French: lait de poule (fr) m
- German: Eierkognak m, Eierpunsch m
- Hungarian: tojáslikőr (hu)
- Ido: hanolakto (io), hanlakto (io)
- Italian: zabaione (it) m, zabaglione (it) m, (obsolete) zabajone m
- Japanese: エッグノッグ (ja) (eggunoggu), 卵酒 (たまござけ, tamagozake)
- Latvian: olu liķieris m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: eggelikør m, eggnog m
- Persian: اگناگ
- Polish: kogel-mogel (pl) m
- Portuguese: eggnog m
- Russian: го́голь-мо́голь (ru) m (gógolʹ-mógolʹ)
- Slovak: vaječný koňak m
- Spanish: licor de huevos m, ponche de huevo m, rompope (es) m, rompopo m, candeal (es) m
- Swedish: ägglikör c, äggtoddy c
- Tagalog: egnog
- Welsh: maidd yr iâr m
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