erg
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English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɜːɡ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ɝɡ/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”).[1] Doublet of ergon and work.
Noun edit
erg (plural ergs)
- A unit of work or energy, being the amount of work done by a force of one dyne applied through a distance of one centimeter. Equal to 10−7 joules.
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Etymology 2 edit
From French erg, from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq).
Noun edit
- (geomorphology) A large desert region of sand dunes with little or no vegetation, especially in the Sahara.
Etymology 3 edit
Shortening.
Noun edit
erg (plural ergs)
Verb edit
erg (third-person singular simple present ergs, present participle erging, simple past and past participle erged)
- (rowing, slang, transitive, intransitive) To use an ergometer.
- I erg every morning.
- She erged a steady state piece.
- 2022, Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry, page 187:
- What I mean to sy is, the exercise is helping. Although I'm not sure how you erg properly at this stage, Pulling into the sternum would be problematic.
References edit
- ^ “erg, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Further reading edit
- Erg (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon).
Noun edit
erg m (plural ergs)
- erg (the unit of work or energy)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
erg m (plural ergs)
- erg (large desert region)
Further reading edit
- “erg” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch arch, erch, from Old Dutch *arg, from Proto-West Germanic *arg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
erg (comparative erger, superlative ergst)
Inflection edit
Inflection of erg | ||||
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uninflected | erg | |||
inflected | erge | |||
comparative | erger | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | erg | erger | het ergst het ergste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | erge | ergere | ergste |
n. sing. | erg | erger | ergste | |
plural | erge | ergere | ergste | |
definite | erge | ergere | ergste | |
partitive | ergs | ergers | — |
Descendants edit
- → Caribbean Javanese: èreg
Adverb edit
erg
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq).
Noun edit
erg m (plural ergs)
- erg (desert region)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”).
Noun edit
erg m (plural ergs)
- erg (unit of work done)
Further reading edit
- “erg”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from an Old Irish word, probably áirge (“milking place”) (modern Irish áirí).
Noun edit
erg n
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon).
Noun edit
erg m inan
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq).
Noun edit
erg m inan
- (geomorphology) erg (desert region)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- erg in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
erg m (plural ergi)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
erg m (plural ergs)
Further reading edit
- “erg”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014