Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

escargatoire

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: es-car-ga-toire
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nursery for snails.

noun

A large number of snails.

Example Sentences

"Even Seraphine was excited to find a grotto for the Virgin Mary behind a silverbeet forest, Buddha, Ganesh and an escargatoire of snails in attendance."
"It isn’t just one slow driver in the left lane, it is an escargatoire of snails in no hurry and oblivious to the ire they create in the heavy-footed drivers trapped behind them."
"Here, a stone’s throw from Love Apple Farm, dinner can start with an escargatoire of snails in garlic-and-parsley butter to mop up with crunchy bread, and end with cream-filled profiteroles."

Etymology

Borrowed from French escargatoire.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: escargatoire

Inflected Forms

escargatoires (plural)

Synonyms

rout

Questions

What does escargatoire mean?: A nursery for snails.
Where does escargatoire come from?: It is traced to French.

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