erg

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɜːɡ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɝɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ɡ

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

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.

• foe (unit of energy)

From French erg, from Algerian Arabic عِرْگ‎ (ʿerg), corresponding to Modern Standard Arabic عِرْق‎ (ʿirq).

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.

• Erg (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

From Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon).

erg m (plural ergs)

1. erg (the unit of work or energy)

From Arabic [Term?].

erg m (plural ergs)

1. erg (large desert region)

• “erg” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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

• IPA^(key): /ɛr(ə)x/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrx

erg (comparative erger, superlative ergst)

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

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/

From Algerian Arabic عِرْگ‎ (ʿerg), corresponding to Modern Standard Arabic عِرْق‎ (ʿirq).

erg m (plural ergs)

1. erg (desert region)

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

erg m (plural ergs)

1. erg (unit of work done)

• gré

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

Borrowed from an Old Irish word.

erg n

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