escargot

Borrowed from French escargot.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛskɑɹˈɡoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪsˈkɑːɡəʊ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊ, -ɑː(ɹ)ɡəʊ

escargot (countable and uncountable, plural escargots)

1. (uncountable) A dish, commonly associated with French cuisine, consisting of edible snails.
   • 2007, Melissa de la Cruz, Crazy Hot (page 270)

     J. is dating P. at NYU and modeling on the side. They're planning to meet us in Paris for spring break so J. can go to some look-sees (and eat some escargot, obv.).

2. (countable) A snail (often Helix pomatia) used in preparation of that dish.

From Occitan escargol, alteration of caragol, metathesis of cagaròl, possibly from a cross between Latin conchylium and Ancient Greek κάχλαξ (kákhlax), but see cagaròl. Doublet of cagouille.

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.kaʁ.ɡo/

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escargot m (plural escargots)

1. snail

   Synonym: limaçon

• (Louisiana, Cajun French) calimaçon

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