goose egg

English

Etymology

From the oval shape of both a goose's egg and the Arabic numeral zero (0).

Noun

goose egg (plural goose eggs)

(informal) Zero; nothing.
I missed every question on the quiz and got a goose egg.
(informal) A swelling caused by a bump on the head.

Translations

nothing

Bulgarian: нула (bg) (nula)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 零雞蛋, 零鸡蛋 (ling⁴ gai¹ daan⁶^-²)

Mandarin: 鴨蛋 (zh), 鸭蛋 (zh) (yādàn), 零蛋 (língdàn)

Min Nan: 鴨卵, 鸭卵 (ah-nn̄g), 鴨母卵, 鸭母卵 (ah-bú-nn̄g, ah-bó-nn̄g)

German: überhaupt nichts
Korean: 빵 (ko) (ppang)
Malay: telur ayam
Russian: ды́рка от бублика (ru) (dýrka ot bublika) (hole of a bagel)

swelling or bump

Bulgarian: цицина f (cicina)
German: Beule (de) f

Russian: ши́шка (ru) f (šíška)

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