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.

A1

Vois-tu cet escargot dans l'eau ?

Do you see that snail in the water?

A1

Attention ! Tu marches sur un escargot.

Careful! You're stepping on a snail.

A1

La tortue est aussi lente que l'escargot.

The turtle is as slow as the snail.

A1

Bob mangea l'escargot, puis vomit.

Bob ate the snail, then vomited.

A2

L'escargot s'est retiré dans sa coquille.

The snail retreated into its shell.

A2

L'escargot détendit ses cornes.

The snail shot out its horns.

B1

La bouteille de bière contenait un escargot en décomposition.

The beer bottle contained a decomposing snail.

B1

Comment le petit escargot dans sa prison de pierre peut-il grandir ?

How can the little snail grow inside its stone prison?

B1

Les choses avancent à une allure d'escargot.

Things are advancing at a snail's pace.

B2

La circulation se traînait à un rythme d'escargot.

The traffic crept along at a snail's pace.

B2