Borrowed fromFrenchescargot.
escargot (countable anduncountable,pluralescargots)
- (uncountable) Adish, commonly associated withFrench cuisine, consisting of ediblesnails.
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- (countable) A snail (oftenHelix pomatia) used in preparation of that dish.
FromOccitanescargol, alteration ofcaragol, metathesis ofcagaròl, possibly from a cross betweenLatinconchylium andAncient Greekκάχλαξ(kákhlax), but seecagaròl.Doublet ofcagouille.
escargot m (pluralescargots)
- snail
- Synonyms:limaçon,(Louisiana, Cajun French)calimaçon
- Coordinate term:limace
- (derogatory)slowpoke,slowcoach
