erg

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɜːɡ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɝɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ

From Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”).^[1] Doublet of ergon and work.

erg (plural ergs)

1. 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.

From French erg, from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq).

erg (plural ergs or areg)

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

Shortening.

erg (plural ergs)

1. (rowing, slang) An ergometer.

erg (third-person singular simple present ergs, present participle erging, simple past and past participle erged)

1. (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.

• Erg (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon).

erg m (plural ergs)

1. erg (the unit of work or energy)

Borrowed from French erg.

erg m (plural ergs)

1. erg (large desert region)

• “erg”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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

• IPA^(key): /ɛrx/, /ˈɛ.rəx/

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• Hyphenation: erg
• Rhymes: -ɛrx

erg (comparative erger, superlative ergst)

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

• Afrikaans: erg
• → Caribbean Javanese: èreg

erg

1. very

   Het appartement was erg klein.

   The apartment was very small.

2. much; very much

   Ik haat het zo erg.

   I hate it so much.

• IPA^(key): /ɛʁɡ/

Borrowed from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq).

erg m (plural ergs)

1. erg (desert region)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”).

erg m (plural ergs)

1. erg (unit of work done)

• “erg”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• gré

Borrowed from an Old Irish word, probably áirge (“milking place”) (modern Irish áirí).

erg n

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛrk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrk
• Syllabification: erg

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon).

erg m inan

1. (physics) erg (unit of work or energy)

Borrowed from Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq).

erg m inan

1. (geomorphology) erg (desert region)

• erg in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French erg.

erg m (plural ergi)

1. erg

Borrowed from French erg.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɾɡ/ [ˈeɾɣ̞]
• Rhymes: -eɾɡ
• Syllabification: erg

erg m (plural ergs)

1. (geology, geography) erg

• “erg”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024