Easter egg

easter egg Easter Egg English 2013 November 15 2014 November 15 thumb|A basket of Easter eggs Etymology From en Easter egg. Cognate with nds-de Ooosterei Easter egg, gmh ōsterei "Easter egg"; > modern de Osterei. So called because eggs would be eaten during Easter to break the fasting during Lent. (No eggs, dairy, meat except fish, lard, or foods containing these ingredients could be eaten during Lent.) The computing sense is from the early 1980s, popularized by the video game Adventure (1980 video game)#Easter_egg Adventure. Pronunciation en /ˈiː.stəɹ ˌɛɡ/ en en-au-Easter egg.ogg AU Noun A dyed or decorated egg, traditionally associated with Easter and, in the Western European tradition, sometimes hidden for children to find. en Pascha egg<ll:obsolete> Pasch egg<ll:obsolete> en pysanka Ukrainian Easter egg en 2009 Ace Collins Stories Behind the Traditions and Songs of Easter 23 Because eggs were inexpensive in most regions, the practice of decorating Easter eggs crossed all social classes and remained somewhat simple. A chocolate confection in the shape of an egg, sometimes with chocolates or sweets inside. en 2008 Christel Behnke Gehlert Recollections of a Hamburger: Growing Up German, 1941-1962 143 I reached the first fork in the tree and there they lay—several melted Easter eggs, their flatness bearing no resemblance to their normal oval shape. I grabbed the sodden mass and with one hand holding onto the tree and my legs wrapped around it inched down until it was safe to jump. Quickly I tore open the foil and licked the melted chocolate until there wasn't a trace left on the paper. en computing video games An undocumented function hidden in a program or video game, typically triggered by a particular input sequence or combination of keystrokes. from 1980s en an Easter egg that displays the names of the application's development team en 2011 Myint Swe Khine Learning to Play: Exploring the Future of Education with Video Games 59 Once found, the Easter egg will often enable the player to traverse through the game much more rapidly the second time around. en by extension Any image, feature or other content that is hidden on a video disc or in a movie, trailer or poster. en 2004 Michael Burns; George Cairns Designing DVD Menus: How to Create Professional-Looking DVDs For the Best of Bowie DVD release, APl even concealed an Easter egg within a hidden extra. en 2008 Jon Lachonis; Amy Johnston "Lost" Ate My Life: The Inside Story of a Fandom Like No Other 16 The repeated appearance of a number as an Easter egg is not a new concept for J.J., Burky or those other members of Lost Labs who previously worked on Alias. en Nick Haramis When Did We All Become Pop Culture Detectives? The New York Times 2023-01-13 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/13/t-magazine/easter-eggs-taylor-swift.html 0362-4331 Unlike an allusion — a tip of the hat to a previous work — an Easter egg, when found, is an anachronistic disruption, an anti-mimetic breaking of the fourth wall to make room for a joke, clue or grievance. Derived terms en Easter egg hunt Easter Egger Easter-Egger Easter-eggy Russian Easter egg Ukrainian Easter egg Translations a dyed or decorated egg Afrikaans: af paaseier Arabic: ar بَيْضَة عِيد اَلْفِصْح f bayḍat ʕīd al-fiṣḥ, ar بَيْضَة اَلْفِصْح f bayḍat al-fiṣḥ Armenian: hy զատկի ձու Belarusian: be веліко́днае я́йка n, be фарбаванка f Bulgarian: bg великденско яйце́ n Catalan: ca ou de Pasqua m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 復活蛋 fuk6 wut6 daan6-2 Mandarin: cmn 復活節彩蛋 Fùhuójié cǎidàn Czech: cs kraslice f, cs velikonoční vejce n Danish: da påskeæg n Dutch: nl paasei n Esperanto: eo paska ovo Estonian: et lihavõttemuna Faroese: fo páskaegg n Finnish: fi pääsiäismuna French: fr œuf de Pâques m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Peaske-aai Galician: gl ovo de Pascua m Georgian: ka German: de Osterei n Greek: el πασχαλινό αβγό n Hungarian: hu húsvéti tojás Hunsrik: hrx Oostreeu n Icelandic: is páskaegg n Indonesian: id telur Paskah Irish: ga ubh Chásca f, ga clúdóg f batch of Easter eggs, ga cúbóg f batch of Easter eggs Italian: it uovo di Pasqua m Japanese: ja イースターエッグ īsutā-eggu Korean: ko 부활절 달걀 Lao: lo ໄຂ່ອີສເຕີ Luxembourgish: lb Ouschteree n Macedonian: mk велигденско јајце n Malay: ms telur Easter Maltese: mt Bajda ta' l-Għid f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb påskeegg n Nynorsk: nn påskeegg n Polish: pl jajko wielkanocne n, dyed pl pisanka f, dyed pl kraszanka f Portuguese: pt ovo de Páscoa Romanian: ro ou de Paști n Russian: ru пасха́льное яйцо́ n, ru крашенка f, ru писанка f Scottish Gaelic: gd ugh na Càisge f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh ускршње јаје n, sh писаница f Latin: sh uskršnje jaje n, sh pisanica f Slovak: sk kraslica f, sk veľkonočné vajce n Slovene: sl pirh m, sl velikonôčno jájce n, sl písanica f, sl pisanka f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb jatšowne jajo n Spanish: es huevo de Pascua m, es huevo pascual m Swedish: sv påskägg Thai: th ไข่อีสเตอร์ Turkish: tr paskalya yumurtası Ukrainian: uk пасха́льне яйце́ n, uk велико́днє яйце́ n, uk пи́санка f Vietnamese: vi trứng Phục Sinh Welsh: cy ŵy Pasg m a chocolate confection in the shape of an egg Chinese: Cantonese: yue 復活蛋 fuk6 wut6 daan6-2 Danish: da påskeæg n Dutch: nl paasei n, nl chocolade-ei n Finnish: fi suklaamuna, fi pääsiäismuna German: de Osterei n, de Schokoei n not necessarily related to Easter Greek: el πασχαλινό αβγό n Hungarian: hu csokoládétojás Icelandic: is páskaegg n Italian: it uovo di Pasqua m Luxembourgish: lb Ouschteree n Norwegian: Bokmål: nb sjokoladeegg n, nb påskeegg n Nynorsk: nn sjokoladeegg n, nn påskeegg n Scottish Gaelic: gd ugh na Càisge m Spanish: es huevo pascual m Swedish: sv påskägg n an undocumented function hidden in a program Catalan: ca ou de pasqua m Finnish: fi pääsiäismuna German: de Easter Egg n Hungarian: hu easter egg Marathi: mr ईस्टर एग m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb påskeegg n Nynorsk: nn påskeegg n Polish: pl easter egg m Russian: ru пасха́льное яйцо́ n, ru пасха́лка f informal Spanish: es huevo pascual m Swedish: sv påskägg n image, feature, or other content that is hidden on a video disc or in a movie Catalan: ca ou de pasqua m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 彩蛋 Esperanto: eo kaŝitaĵo German: de Easter Egg n Italian: it Easter egg m Lao: lo ສິ່ງທີ່ເຊື່ອງໄວ້ Norwegian: Bokmål: nb påskeegg n Nynorsk: nn påskeegg n Polish: pl easter egg m Russian: ru пасхалка Spanish: es huevo pascual m Swedish: sv påskägg n Thai: th สิ่งที่ซ่อนอยู่ Further reading Easter egg (media) Anagrams en aeeeggrst segregate en Easter Eggs Sweets