escargot

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French escargot.

Pronunciation

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Noun

escargot (countable and uncountable, plural escargots)

(uncountable) A dish, commonly associated with French cuisine, consisting of edible snails.
(countable) A snail (often Helix pomatia) used in preparation of the dish of the same name.

Translations

dish

French: escargot (fr) m, escargot de Bourgogne (fr) m
Portuguese: escargô (pt) m

Russian: эскарго́ n (eskargó), эскарго́ де Бурго́нь n (eskargó dɛ Burgónʹ)

French

Etymology

From Occitan escargol, alteration of caragol, metathesis of cagarol, from a cross between Latin conchylium and Ancient Greek κάχλαξ (kákhlax).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛs.kaʁ.ɡo/
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Noun

escargot m (plural escargots)

snail

See also

limaçon

Further reading

“escargot” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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