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

   Synonyms: limaçon, (Louisiana, Cajun French) calimaçon

   Coordinate term: limace

2. (derogatory) slowpoke, slowcoach

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