ergot
French, noun/ɛʁ.ɡo/
ergot is spelled E-R-G-O-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 63,613th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ergot is a French masculine noun meaning “spur of a male member of Galliformes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit éperon pointu osseux et corné de la patte des oiseaux galliformes mâles”.
What does ergot mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespur of a male member of Galliformes
- 2
masculineergot
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit éperon pointu osseux et corné de la patte des oiseaux galliformes mâles. 2. Doigt supplémentaire chez certaines races de chiens 3. Petite pièce servant de butée ou de clavette sur une pièce plus massive. 4. Petite pièce mobile placée à droite et à gauche sous un clavier d'ordinateur permettant d'incliner celui-ci lorsqu'il est posé sur un bureau.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ergot
- ergots plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ergot?
- /ɛʁ.ɡo/
- /ɛʁ.ɡɔ/
- \ɛʁ.ɡo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ergot
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ergot in French?
ergot appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).