Grammatical class
Noun
escargot
snail
Details
Syllables
es-car-got
Phonetics
ɛs.kaʁ.go
Grammatical class
Noun
Freq. (books)
13880
Freq. (movies)
9533
Freq. (news)
21592
Sentences
C'est un escargot.
It's a snail.
Vois-tu cet escargot dans l'eau ?
Do you see that snail in the water?
Attention ! Tu marches sur un escargot.
Careful! You're stepping on a snail.
La tortue est aussi lente que l'escargot.
The turtle is as slow as the snail.
Bob mangea l'escargot, puis vomit.
Bob ate the snail, then vomited.
L'escargot s'est retiré dans sa coquille.
The snail retreated into its shell.
L'escargot détendit ses cornes.
The snail shot out its horns.
La bouteille de bière contenait un escargot en décomposition.
The beer bottle contained a decomposing snail.
Comment le petit escargot dans sa prison de pierre peut-il grandir ?
How can the little snail grow inside its stone prison?
Les choses avancent à une allure d'escargot.
Things are advancing at a snail's pace.
La circulation se traînait à un rythme d'escargot.
The traffic crept along at a snail's pace.