escargot

escargot

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French escargot.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛskɑɹˈɡoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪsˈkɑːɡəʊ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊ, -ɑː(ɹ)ɡəʊ

Noun

escargot (countable and uncountable, plural escargots)

1. (uncountable) A dish, commonly associated with French cuisine, consisting of edible snails.
   • 2007, Melissa de la Cruz, Crazy Hot (page 270)

     J. is dating P. at NYU and modeling on the side. They're planning to meet us in Paris for spring break so J. can go to some look-sees (and eat some escargot, obv.).

2. (countable) A snail (often Helix pomatia) used in preparation of that dish.

Translations

dish

Bulgarian: блюдо от охлюви n (bljudo ot ohljuvi) French: escargot (fr) m, escargot de Bourgogne (fr) m Polish: ślimak (pl) m Portuguese: escargô (pt) m Russian: эскарго́ n (eskargó), эскарго́ де Бурго́нь n (eskargó dɛ Burgónʹ)

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French

Etymology

From Occitan escargol, alteration of caragol, metathesis of cagaròl, possibly from a cross between Latin conchylium and Ancient Greek κάχλαξ (kákhlax), but see cagaròl. Doublet of cagouille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.kaʁ.ɡo/

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Noun

escargot m (plural escargots)

1. snail

   Synonym: limaçon

Synonyms

• (Louisiana, Cajun French) calimaçon

Further reading

• “escargot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.