erg
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ɡ
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”).
Noun
erg (plural ergs)
- The 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.
Derived terms
- foe (unit of energy)
Translations
unit of work or energy
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Etymology 2
From French erg, from Algerian Arabic عِرْگ (ʿerg), corresponding to Modern Standard Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq).
Noun
- (geomorphology) A large desert region of sand dunes with little or no vegetation, especially in the Sahara.
Etymology 3
Shortening.
Noun
erg (plural ergs)
Verb
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.
Further reading
Erg (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon).
Noun
erg m (plural ergs)
- erg (the unit of work or energy)
Etymology 2
Noun
erg m (plural ergs)
- erg (large desert region)
Further reading
- “erg” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch arch, erch, from Old Dutch *arg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
erg (comparative erger, superlative ergst)
Inflection
Declension 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 | — |
Adverb
erg
- very
- Het appartement was erg klein.
- The apartment was very small.
- Het appartement was erg klein.
- much; very much
- Ik haat het zo erg.
- I hate it so much.
- Ik haat het zo erg.
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Algerian Arabic عِرْگ (ʿerg), corresponding to Modern Standard Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq).
Noun
erg m (plural ergs)
- erg (desert region)
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”).
Noun
erg m (plural ergs)
- erg (unit of work done)
Anagrams
Further reading
- “erg”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old Norse
Etymology
Borrowed from an Old Irish word.
Noun
erg n
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