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soft-boiled

soft-boiled

See also: softboiled and soft boiled

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

soft-boiled ‎(not comparable)

(of a boiled egg) cooked to a soft consistency with the yolk still runny
softhearted or sentimental

Translations

of an egg

Bulgarian: рохко сварен ‎(rohko svaren)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 半熟 (zh) ‎(bàn shóu; bàn shú)
Dutch: zachtgekookt (nl)
French: à la coque (fr)
Greek: μελάτος (el) m, n ‎(melátos)
Hebrew: רכה f ‎(raka)

Icelandic: linsoðinn
Italian: uovo alla coque m, uovo bazzotto m
Japanese: 半熟 ‎(hanjuku)
Russian: сва́ренный всмя́тку ‎(svárennyj vsmjátku), сва́ренный в мешо́чек ‎(svárennyj v mešóček)
Swedish: löskokt
Tagalog: malasado

sentimental

Chinese:
Mandarin: 多愁善感的 ‎(duō chóu shàn gǎn •de)
French: sentimental (fr) m, sentimentale (fr) f

Related terms

hard-boiled