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erg¹
- /ɜːɡ/ UK
- /ɝɡ/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of ergon and work.
noun 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.
erg²
- /ɜːɡ/ UK
- /ɝɡ/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ
Where it comes from
From French erg, from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq).
noun ergs · areg
- A large desert region of sand dunes with little or no vegetation, especially in the Sahara.
erg³
- /ɜːɡ/ UK
- /ɝɡ/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ
Where it comes from
Shortening.
noun ergs
- An ergometer.
verb ergs · erging · erged
- To use an ergometer. I erg every morning.
ERG⁴
noun ERGs
- Initialism of electron-releasing group
- Initialism of employee resource group
- Initialism of electroretinogram
proper noun
- Initialism of European Research Group (“Eurosceptic/pro-Brexit publicly funded political activist group subdivision of the UK Conservatives”). John Major struggled endlessly with Eurosceptics he termed “bastards”, while May’s nemesis was the European Research Group, or ERG, the longstanding alliance of Brexit ultras.
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Talk about this word "erg." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/erg. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. erg. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/erg "erg." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/erg.Cite this
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title = {erg},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/erg},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
