escargot

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

escargot

escargot; from Occitan escargol (the culinary use of snails comes from the south), alteration of caragol, probably transformed under the influence of the Occitan descendants of the Latin scarabaeus (old Occitan escaravat, etc. escarbot. (1393) escargol.

Definitions

zoologie
cuisine

Plural

escargots

Translations

  • germangerman:Schnecke
  • englishenglish:escargot
  • koreankorean:에스카르고
  • danishdanish:snegl
  • spanishspanish:caracol
  • finnishfinnish:etana
  • greekgreek:σαλιγκάρι
  • italianitalian:lumaca
  • japanesejapanese:エスカルゴ
  • dutchdutch:huisjesslak
  • polishpolish:ślimak
  • portugueseportuguese:caracol
  • russianrussian:улитка
  • swedishswedish:snäcka
  • turkishturkish:salyangoz
  • ukrainianukrainian:равлик

See also

cochlée (cn.) cochléaire (adj.) escargotien (adj.)