eggnog

See also: egg nog

English

A glass of eggnog.

Alternative forms

• egg nog

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/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: (UK) -ɒɡ

Noun

eggnog (countable and uncountable, plural eggnogs)

1. 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