escargot
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Noun
escargot (countable and uncountable, plural escargots)
- (uncountable) A dish, commonly associated with French cuisine, consisting of edible snails.
- (countable) A snail (often Helix pomatia) used in preparation of the dish of the same name.
French
Etymology
From Occitan escargol, alteration of caragol, metathesis of cagarol, from a cross between Latin conchylium and Ancient Greek κάχλαξ (kákhlax).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs.kaʁ.ɡo/
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Further reading
- “escargot” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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