# erg

| ㋍ | U+32CD, &#13005; SQUARE ERG |
| ← ㋌ [U+32CC] | Enclosed CJK Letters and Months | ㋎ → [U+32CE] |

## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɜːɡ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ɝɡ/
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ

### Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of ergon and work.

#### Noun

erg (plural ergs)
* A 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.

##### Derived terms

* atomerg
* ergmeter
* foe (unit of energy)
* kiloerg
* megaerg
* megerg, megalerg
* microerg

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From French erg, from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq).

#### Noun

erg (plural ergs or areg)
* (geomorphology) A large desert region of sand dunes with little or no vegetation, especially in the Sahara.

### Etymology 3

Shortening.

#### Noun

erg (plural ergs)
* (rowing, slang) An ergometer.

#### Verb

erg (third-person singular simple present ergs, present participle erging, simple past and past participle erged)
* (rowing, slang, transitive, intransitive) To use an ergometer.
    I erg every morning.
    She erged a steady state piece.
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### References

* ↑ “erg, n.$^1$”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

### Further reading

* Erg (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

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

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon).

#### Noun

erg m (plural ergs)
* erg (the unit of work or energy)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French erg.

#### Noun

erg m (plural ergs)
* erg (large desert region)

### Further reading

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

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛrx/, /ˈɛ.rəx/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: erg
* Rhymes: -ɛrx

### Adjective

erg (comparative erger, superlative ergst)
* serious, considerable, severe
* awful, terrible

#### Descendants

* → Caribbean Javanese: èreg

### Adverb

erg
* very
    Het appartement was erg klein.The apartment was very small.
* much; very much
    Ik haat het zo erg.I hate it so much.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛʁɡ/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq).

#### Noun

erg m (plural ergs)
* erg (desert region)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”).

#### Noun

erg m (plural ergs)
* erg (unit of work done)

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* gré

## Old Norse
### Etymology

Borrowed from an Old Irish word, probably áirge (“milking place”) (modern Irish áirí).

### Noun

erg n
* a word of not entirely certain meaning, roughly shepherd's cottage or hill-pasture

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛrk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛrk
* Syllabification: erg

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon).

#### Noun

erg m inan
* (physics) erg (unit of work or energy)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq).

#### Noun

erg m inan
* (geomorphology) erg (desert region)

##### Declension
### Further reading

* erg in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French erg.

### Noun

erg m (plural ergi)
* erg

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French erg.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeɾɡ/ [ˈeɾɣ̞]
* Rhymes: -eɾɡ
* Syllabification: erg

### Noun

erg m (plural ergs)
* (geology, geography) erg

### Further reading

* “erg”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10