Meanings
ergo1
adverbergo (not comparable)
- not comparableConsequently, therefore, or thus.
The pirates who invaded this fort left Sparrow locked in his cell; ergo, they are not his allies.
2003, Pirates of the Caribbean1 more example
"I merely made an individual application of a general rule. All women love flattery—ergo, Miss Arundel liked it."
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 59
conjunction
- therefore (especially in syllogisms)
ergo2
nounergo (plural ergos)
plural ergos
- abbreviationclippingslanghobbiesClipping of ergometer (rowing machine).
ergo3
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
ergo · adverb, conjunction
- Latinergō
- Middle Englishergo
- Englishergo
From Middle English ergo, from Latin ergō.
More words from Middle English, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 因此
- 因此 (yīncǐ)conjunction: therefore
Danish ergo, derfor
- ergoadverb: consequently, therefore, thus
- derforadverb: consequently, therefore, thus
- ergoconjunction: therefore
- derforconjunction: therefore
Finnish siis, näin ollen
- siisadverb: consequently, therefore, thus
- näin ollenadverb: consequently, therefore, thus
- tätenadverb: consequently, therefore, thus
- jotenconjunction: therefore
- ja tätenconjunction: therefore
French donc
- doncconjunction: therefore
German ergo
- ergoconjunction: therefore
Italian dunque, quindi
- dunqueconjunction: therefore
- quindiconjunction: therefore
Latvian tātad
- tātadconjunction: therefore
Lithuanian todėl, dėl to, užtat
- todėl, dėl to, užtatadverb: consequently, therefore, thus
Polish zatem, więc
- zatemconjunction: therefore
- więcconjunction: therefore
- przetoconjunction: therefore
- ergoconjunction: therefore
Portuguese portanto, logo
- portantoconjunction: therefore
- logoconjunction: therefore
Russian поэ́тому, сле́довательно
- поэ́тому (poétomu)conjunction: therefore
- сле́довательно (slédovatelʹno)conjunction: therefore
Spanish ergo
- ergoconjunction: therefore
Swedish alltså, följaktligen
- alltsåadverb: consequently, therefore, thus
- följaktligenadverb: consequently, therefore, thus
- ergoadverb: consequently, therefore, thus
- alltsåconjunction: therefore
- därförconjunction: therefore
- följaktligenconjunction: therefore
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ergo
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
ergo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ergo
MLA
“ergo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ergo. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ergo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ergo.
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