"ergo" meaning in English

See ergo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈɛɚɡoʊ/ [General-American], /ˈɝɡoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-ergo.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡəʊ Etymology: From Middle English ergo, from Latin ergō. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ergo}} Middle English ergo, {{der|en|la|ergō}} Latin ergō Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} ergo (not comparable)
  1. Consequently, therefore, or thus. Tags: not-comparable Translations (adverb: consequently, therefore, thus): ergo (Danish), derfor (Danish), siis (Finnish), näin ollen (Finnish), täten (Finnish), todėl, dėl to, užtat (Lithuanian), alltså (Swedish), följaktligen (Swedish), ergo (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ergo-en-adv-4VrcPx9y Categories (other): Terms with Lithuanian translations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Conjunction

IPA: /ˈɛɚɡoʊ/ [General-American], /ˈɝɡoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-ergo.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡəʊ Etymology: From Middle English ergo, from Latin ergō. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ergo}} Middle English ergo, {{der|en|la|ergō}} Latin ergō Head templates: {{en-head|conj}} ergo
  1. therefore (especially in syllogisms) Translations (conjunction: therefore): 因此 (yīncǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), ergo (Danish), derfor (Danish), joten (Finnish), ja täten (Finnish), donc (French), ergo (German), dunque (Italian), quindi (Italian), tātad (Latvian), zatem (Polish), więc (Polish), przeto (Polish), ergo (Polish), portanto (Portuguese), logo (Portuguese), поэ́тому (poétomu) (Russian), сле́довательно (slédovatelʹno) (Russian), да̏кле̄ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), dȁklē [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), ergo (Spanish), alltså (Swedish), därför (Swedish), följaktligen (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ergo-en-conj-B~qL4P7R Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛɚɡoʊ/ [General-American], /ˈɝɡoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-ergo.ogg [Australia] Forms: ergos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡəʊ Head templates: {{en-noun}} ergo (plural ergos)
  1. (rowing, slang) Clipping of ergometer (rowing machine). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Alternative form of: ergometer (extra: rowing machine)
    Sense id: en-ergo-en-noun-wCwWBdJ3 Categories (other): Rowing, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 9 89 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 0 1 16 0 15 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 1 13 14 0 4 7 14 0 3 2 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 2 22 0 11 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 1 10 11 0 7 9 11 0 5 2 0 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, rowing, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛɚɡoʊ/ [General-American], /ˈɝɡoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-ergo.ogg [Australia] Forms: ergos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡəʊ Etymology: Clipping of ergonomic. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|ergonomic}} Clipping of ergonomic Head templates: {{en-noun}} ergo (plural ergos)
  1. (informal) An ergonomic factor or characteristic. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-ergo-en-noun-nJk7qCiY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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        "(informal) An ergonomic factor or characteristic."
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