erg

See also: ERG and erg.

English

㋍ U+32CD, ㋍ SQUARE ERG ← ㋌ [U+32CC] Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㋎ → [U+32CE]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɜːɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ɡ

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”).

Noun

erg (plural ergs)

1. The unit of work or energy, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter. Equal to 10⁻⁷ joules.

Derived terms

• foe (unit of energy)

Translations

unit of work or energy

• Catalan: erg m
• Greek: έργιο n (érgio)
• Japanese: エルグ (erugu)

• Russian: эрг (ru) m (erg)
• Spanish: ergio (es) m

Etymology 2

From French erg, from Maghrebi Arabic عِرْگ‏ (ʿerg), corresponding to Standard Arabic عِرْق‏ (ʿirq).

Noun

erg (plural ergs or areg)

1. (geomorphology) A large desert region of sand dunes with little or no vegetation, especially in the Sahara.

Further reading

• Erg (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• EGR, GRE, Ger, Ger., Ger⁺⁶, Reg, ger, gre, reg

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛr(ə)x/

• Audio

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch arch, erch, from Old Dutch *arg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz.

Adjective

erg (comparative erger, superlative ergst)

1. serious, considerable, severe
2. awful, terrible

Inflection

Inflection of erg
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	—

Adverb

erg

1. very

   Het appartement was erg klein.

   The apartment was very small.

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French

Etymology 1

From Maghrebi Arabic عِرْگ‏ (ʿerg), corresponding to standard Arabic عِرْق‏ (ʿirq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛʁɡ/

Noun

erg m (plural ergs)

1. erg (desert region)

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛʁɡ/

Noun

erg m (plural ergs)

1. erg (unit of work done)

Anagrams

• gré

Further reading

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

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Old Norse

Etymology

Borrowed from an Old Irish word.

Noun

erg n

1. a word of not entirely certain meaning, roughly shepherd's cottage or hill-pasture