yolk

English

yolk of an egg

Alternative forms

yelk (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English yolke, yelke, ȝolke, ȝelke, from Old English ġeolca, ġeoloca, ġioleca (“the yellow part, yolk”), from ġeolu (“yellow”). Doublet of gowk (“apple core”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /jəʊk/
Rhymes: -əʊk
(US) IPA^(key): /joʊ(l)k/, /jɔlk/
Audio (US) (file)
Homophone: yoke

Noun

yolk (countable and uncountable, plural yolks)

The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.
To make meringue, you have to separate the white from the yolk.
Coordinate term: egg white
The grease in a sheep's fleece; lanolin.
- 1846, The Cultivator (page 270)
  Wool-growers appear to entertain different opinions in regard to the effect which yolk has on the value of the fleece. Some seem to suppose that the aggregate amount which they receive for their wool is increased from the greater weight which it possesses by being charged with this substance […]

Translations

yellow of egg

Adyghe: кӏэнкӏэ кугъу (kʼenkʼe kʷuğʷu)
Afrikaans: eiergeel
Albanian: verdhë veze
Arabic: صَفَار اَلْبَيْض‎ (ṣafār al-bayḍ), أَصْفَر اَلْبَيْض‎ m (ʾaṣfar al-bayḍ), مُحّ‎ m (muḥḥ)
Hijazi Arabic: صفار‎ m (ṣafār)
Armenian: դեղնուց (hy) (dełnucʿ)
Aromanian: gãlbinush
Assamese: কুহুম (kuhum)
Asturian: yema f
Azerbaijani: yumurta sarısı
Basque: gorringo
Bau Bidayuh: sikonang
Belarusian: жаўто́к m (žaŭtók)
Bengali: please add this translation if you can
Breton: melen-vi (br) m
Bulgarian: жълтък (bg) m (žǎltǎk)
Burmese: အနှစ် (my) (a.hnac)
Catalan: rovell (ca) m
Central Melanau: kunieng teloh
Chinese:
Cantonese: 蛋黃, 蛋黄 (daan^6-2 wong^4-2), 黃 (yue), 黄 (wong^4-2)
Mandarin: 蛋黃／蛋黄 (zh) (dànhuáng)
Czech: žloutek (cs) m
Danish: æggeblomme (da) c
Dutch: dooier (nl) m, eidooier (nl) m, eigeel (nl) n, eierdooier (nl) m
Erzya: алтюжа (altjuža)
Esperanto: ovoflavo
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: reyði m, eggjareyði m
Finnish: munankeltuainen (fi), keltuainen (fi), ruskuainen (fi)
French: jaune d’œuf (fr) m, jaune (fr) m, moyeu (fr) m (old)
Galician: xema (gl) f
Georgian: კვერცხის გული (ḳvercxis guli)
German: Dotter (de) m, Eidotter (de) m or n, Eigelb (de) n, Gelbei n
Greek: κρόκος (el) m (krókos), κροκάδι n (krokádi)
Ancient: λέκιθος f (lékithos)
Hebrew: חֶלְמוֹן‎ (he) m (khelmón)
Hindi: ज़रदी f (zardī), ज़र्दी f (zardī)
Hungarian: tojássárgája (hu), sárgája, szik
Icelandic: eggjarauða (is) f, eggjablómi m
Ido: vitelo (io)
Indonesian: kuning telur (id)
Iranun: please add this translation if you can
Irish: buíocán m
Italian: tuorlo (it) m, rosso d'uovo m
Japanese: 卵黄 (ja) (らんおう, ran'ō), 黄身 (ja) (きみ, kimi), 蛋黄 (たんおう, tan'ō, たんこう, tankō)
Kabardian: джэдыкӏэ кугъуэ (džedəkʼe kʷuğʷe)
Kabuverdianu: jéma
Kalmyk: өндгн (öndgn)
Khün: ᨾᩬᩁᨡᩱ᩵
Korean: 노른자 (ko) (noreunja), 난황(卵黃) (nanhwang)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: زەردێنە‎ (zerdêne)
Northern Kurdish: zerik (ku) f, zerika hêkê (ku) f
Lao: ມອນໄຂ່ (lo) (mǭn khai), ໄຂ່ແດງ (khai dǣng)
Latin: vitellus m, vitellum n
Latvian: dzeltenums m
Lithuanian: trynys m
Low German:
German Low German: Dodder m, Eigeel n
Luxembourgish: Dueder m, Eegiel n
Lü: ᦙᦸᧃᦺᦃᧈ (moanẋay¹), ᦺᦃᧈᦡᦶᧂ (ẋay¹ḋaeng)
Macedonian: жо́лчка f (žólčka)
Maguindanao: mariga sa leman
Malay: kuning telur (ms), yolka
Maltese: l-isfar tal-bajd
Manchu: ᠶᠣᡥᠣ (yoho)
Maranao: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: ѳндѳгний шар (öndögnii šar)
Northern Thai: ᨾᩬᩁᨡᩱ᩵, ᨡᩱ᩵ᨯᩯ᩠ᨦ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: eggeplomme (no) m or f, plomme (no) m or f
Nynorsk: eggeplomme f
Old English: ġeoloca m
Ossetian: айчы бур (ajḱy bur)
Persian: زرده‎ (fa) (zarde)
Polish: żółtko (pl) n
Portuguese: gema (pt) f
Rohingya: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: gălbenuș (ro) n
Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran) mellen d'ov m, (Sursilvan) mellen d'iev m, (Sutsilvan) melen d'ov m, (Puter) mellan d'öv m, (Vallader) gelg d'öv m
Russian: желто́к (ru) m (želtók)
Saho: please add this translation if you can
Scottish Gaelic: buidheagan m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: жуманце n, жуманaц m, жумањак m
Roman: žumance (sh) n, žumanac m, žumánjak (sh) m
Shan: မွၼ်းၶႆႇ (máun khài), ၶႆႇလႅင် (khài lěng)
Slovak: žĺtok m
Slovene: rumenjak (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: cenk m
Upper Sorbian: žołtk m, žołte n, čwork m
Spanish: yema (es) f
Swedish: äggula (sv) c, gula (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠇꠥ (ku)
Tagalog: pula ng itlog, apyak, burok
Tai Dam: ꪣꪮꪙꪼꪎ꪿, ꪼꪎ꪿ꪵꪒꪉ
Tausug: please add this translation if you can
Thai: ไข่แดง (th) (kài-dɛɛng)
Turkish: yumurta sarısı (tr)
Ukrainian: жовто́к m (žovtók)
Urdu: زردی‎ (zardi)
Uzbek: tuxumning sarig'i
Vietnamese: lòng đỏ
Walloon: djaene d'oû m, ploumete (wa) f, cassete, moyoû (wa) m
Welsh: melynwy m
Yakan: igad
Yiddish: געלכל‎ n (gelkhl)
Zhuang: gyaeqhenj, gyaeqhak, myonzlieng, hakhenj
ǃXóõ: ǁáa