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.

Anagrams

• EGR, ger, reg, Reg

Further reading

• Erg (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛr(ə)x/

• Audio

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Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *argaz. Cognate to English eerie and German arg.

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