different between ergo vs erg

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ergo, from Latin ergo.

Pronunciation

• (General American)IPA^(key): /???o?/
• Rhymes: -??(r)???

Adverb

ergo (not comparable)

1. Consequently, therefore, or thus.
   • 2003, Pirates of the Caribbean:

     The pirates who invaded this fort left Sparrow locked in his cell; ergo, they are not his allies.

Translations

Conjunction

ergo

1. therefore (especially in syllogisms)

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???o?/

Noun

ergo (plural ergos)

1. (rowing, slang) An ergometer (rowing machine).

Etymology 3

Clipping of ergonomic

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???o?/

Noun

ergo (plural ergos)

1. (informal) An ergonomic factor or characteristic.

Anagrams

• Geor., Gero, Gore, Ogre, Rego, gero-, goer, gore, ogre, orge, rego, roge

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????o/

Adverb

ergo

1. ergo

Further reading

• “ergo” in Duden online

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r.?o/

Etymology 1

From Latin erg?.

Conjunction

ergo

1. ergo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ergo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ergere

Further reading

• ergo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• egro, orge

Latin

Alternative forms

• ergo (poetic)

Etymology

Equivalent to an adverbial derivation from *?reg?, presumably ex- +? reg?, with sense similar to cognate perg? (“I proceed”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?re?- (“to straighten; right”). See also erg?. Compare with the adverbial use of ? regi?ne (“directly, against”), with the same elements.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?er.?o?/, [??r?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?er.?o/, [??r??]

Conjunction

erg?

1. therefore, because, hence, consequently, thus
   • 1637, René Descartes' Discourse on the Method

     Cogito, ergo sum.

     I think, therefore I am.

Derived terms

• dicis erg?

Adverb

erg? (not comparable)

1. consequently, therefore
2. accordingly, then

Descendants

References

• ergo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ergo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ergo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ergo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r???/

Adverb

ergo

1. (Late Middle English) thus, consequently, ergo

Descendants

• English: ergo

References

• “erg?, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-12.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin erg?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r.??/

Conjunction

ergo

1. (rare, literary) therefore, thus

   Synonyms: przeto, tote?, wi?c, zatem

Further reading

• ergo in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• ergo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: er?go

Etymology 1

From Latin erg?.

Conjunction

ergo

1. ergo, therefore

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ergo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of erguer

Usage notes

ergo as a verb has a closed sound in comparison with the conjunction.

Further reading

• “ergo” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “ergo” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “ergo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021.
• “ergo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin erg?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e??o/, [?e?.??o]

Conjunction

ergo

1. ergo, therefore

Further reading

• “ergo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ergo.

Conjunction

ergo

1. ergo, therefore

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??/
• Rhymes: -??(r)?

Etymology 1

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

Noun

erg (plural ergs)

1. 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

Etymology 2

From French erg, from Algerian Arabic ?????? (?erg), corresponding to Modern Standard Arabic ?????? (?irq).

Noun

erg (plural ergs or areg)

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

Etymology 3

Shortening.

Noun

erg (plural ergs)

1. (rowing, slang) An ergometer.

Verb

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.

Further reading

• Erg (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• EGR, GER, GRE, Ger, Ger., Ger??, Reg, ger, gre, reg

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ????? (érgon).

Noun

erg m (plural ergs)

1. erg (the unit of work or energy)

Etymology 2

From French erg.

Noun

erg m (plural ergs)

1. 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

• IPA^(key): /?rx/, /??.r?x/
• Hyphenation: erg
• Rhymes: -?rx

Adjective

erg (comparative erger, superlative ergst)

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

Inflection

Adverb

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.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???/

Etymology 1

From Algerian Arabic ?????? (?erg), corresponding to Modern Standard Arabic ?????? (?irq).

Noun

erg m (plural ergs)

1. erg (desert region)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

erg m (plural ergs)

1. erg (unit of work done)

Anagrams

• gré

Further reading

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

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French erg

Noun

erg m (plural ergi)

1. erg

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From English erg.

Noun

erg m (plural ergs)

1. (geology, geography) erg