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escargot

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˌɛskɑɹˈɡoʊ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪsˈkɑːɡəʊ/
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  • rhymes with -əʊ
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)ɡəʊ
  • CMU ARPABET: EH2 S K AA1 R G OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A dish, commonly associated with French cuisine, consisting of edible snails.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: edible snail

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: snail

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: meat

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French escargot.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: блюдо от охлюви (bljudo ot ohljuvi) — dish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法國田螺 /法国田螺 (fàguó tiánluó) — dish
  • French: escargot — dish
  • French: escargot de Bourgogne — dish
  • German: Schnecken — dish
  • German: Schneckengericht — dish
  • Polish: ślimak — dish
  • Portuguese: escargô — dish
  • Russian: эскарго́ (eskargó) — dish
  • Russian: эскарго́ де Бурго́нь (eskargó dɛ Burgónʹ) — dish
  • Spanish: caracol — dish