ergo
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛɚɡoʊ/, /ˈɝɡoʊ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡəʊ
Etymology 1
From Middle English ergo, from Latin ergō.
Adverb
ergo (not comparable)
- Consequently, therefore, or thus.
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 59:
- "I merely made an individual application of a general rule. All women love flattery—ergo, Miss Arundel liked it."
- 2003, Pirates of the Caribbean::
- The pirates who invaded this fort left Sparrow locked in his cell; ergo, they are not his allies.
Translations
Translations
conjunction: therefore
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Etymology 3
Clipping of ergonomic
Galician
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛʁɡo/
Audio (Austria) (file) Audio (file)
Conjunction
ergo
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛr.ɡo/
- Rhymes: -ɛrɡo
- Hyphenation: èr‧go
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Further reading
- ergo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
Equivalent to an adverbial derivation from *ēregō, presumably ex- + regō, with sense similar to cognate pergō (“I proceed”).
See also ergā. Compare with the adverbial use of ē regiōne (“directly, against”), with the same elements.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈer.ɡoː/, [ˈɛrɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈer.ɡo/, [ˈɛrɡo]
Conjunction
ergō
- therefore, because, hence, consequently, thus
- 1637, René Descartes', Discourse on the Method:
- Cogito, ergo sum.
- I think, therefore I am.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “ergo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ergo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ergo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈərɡɔː/
Descendants
- English: ergo
References
- “ergō, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-12.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛr.ɡɔ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrɡɔ
- Syllabification: er‧go
Further reading
- ergo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɛʁ.ɡu/ [ˈɛɦ.ɡu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈɛɾ.ɡu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈɛʁ.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɛɻ.ɡo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɛɾ.ɡu/ [ˈɛɾ.ɣu]
- Hyphenation: er‧go
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɛʁ.ɡu/ [ˈɛɦ.ɡu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈɛɾ.ɡu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈɛʁ.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɛɻ.ɡo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɛɾ.ɡu/ [ˈɛɾ.ɣu]
- Hyphenation: er‧go
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈeʁ.ɡu/ [ˈeɦ.ɡu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈeɾ.ɡu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈeʁ.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈeɻ.ɡo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈeɾ.ɡu/ [ˈeɾ.ɣu]
- Hyphenation: er‧go
Further reading
- “ergo” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “ergo” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “ergo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “ergo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeɾɡo/ [ˈeɾ.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -eɾɡo
- Syllabification: er‧go
Further reading
- “ergo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔeɾɡo/ [ˈʔɛɾ.ɡo]
- Rhymes: -eɾɡo
- Syllabification: er‧go
Conjunction
ergo (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇ᜔ᜄᜓ)
- ergo, therefore
- Synonym: kaya
- 1972, Liwayway, Liwayway Pub., page 44:
- Simple lang ang kanilang pinanghahawakan: ang daigdig ng mga materya ay sa demonyo, ang daigdig ng espiritu ang sa Diyos. Ergo, iwasan ang daigdig ng materya.
- What they uphold is simple: the material world is for the Devil, the spiritual world is God's. Ergo, avoid the material world.
- 1998, Virgilio S. Almario, Kalahating siglo sa ibabaw ng mundo at mga kataka-takang: alaala't engkuwentro, →ISBN, page 93:
- Ang isang dahilan, magulo kasi tayo. Hindi magkaisa; puro kudeta at rebelyon. Ergo, ang kailangan nati'y isang diwang magbibigkis sa atin.
- One reason is that we are disorderly. We can't unite; we are always on coup d'état and rebellion. Ergo, what we need is a consciousness that unites us.
- 2017, Jubert Cabrezos, Naturalismo, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
- Ergo, ang paglikha ng kaalaman ay may dalawang daan
- Therefore, there are two ways for the creation of knowledge
Noun
ergo (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇ᜔ᜄᜓ)
- (slang) criticism; contradiction
- (Marinduque, in general) language; speech
- Synonyms: salita, wika, lengguwahe
- (Marinduque) word (unit of speech)
- Synonym: salita
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- erguhan
- erguhin
- pagaerguhan
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