Jargon Definition
jargon
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English
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Jargon
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Old French jargon (“chatter of birds”)
Noun
jargon (countable and uncountable; plural jargons)
- (uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
- (countable) Language characteristic of a particular group.
- (uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
technical terminology unique to a particular subject
- Czech: žargon (cs) m.
- Dutch: jargon (nl) n., vaktaal (nl) f., visserslatijn (nl) n.
- Finnish: jargon (fi), ammattikieli (fi)
- Greek: ιδιογλωσσία (el) (idioglossía) f.
- Hungarian: szaknyelv (hu), szakzsargon (hu), szakmai nyelv (hu)
- Irish: béarlagair (ga) m.
- Italian: gergo (it) m.
- Japanese: 専門用語 (ja) (せんもんようご, senmon yōgo), 業界用語 (ja) (ぎょうかいようご, gyōkai yōgo), 隠語 (ja) (いんご, ingo)
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language characteristic of a particular group
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- Macedonian: жаргон (mk) (žargón) m.
- Polish: żargon (pl) m.
- Portuguese: gíria (pt) f.
- Russian: жаргон (ru) (žargón) m.
- Swedish: jargong (sv) c.
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incomprehensible speech
- Czech: žargon (cs) m.
- Dutch: gebrabbel (nl) n., gewauwel (nl) n., wartaal (nl) f.
- Finnish: mongerrus (fi), siansaksa (fi)
- Greek: ακαταλαβίστικα (el) (akatalavístika) pl.
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- Hungarian: halandzsa (hu), blabla (hu)
- Irish: gibiris (ga) f.
- Japanese: たわごと (ja) (tawagoto)
- Russian: тарабарщина (ru) (tarabárš'ina) f.
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Translations to be checked
- Arabic: مصطلح (muʂʈálaħ) m. (1), لغة غير مفهومة (luğa ğer mafhúma) f. (2)
- Mandarin: 行話, 行话 (háng huà) (1, 2); 隱語, 隐语 (yǐn huà) or 黑話, 黑话 (hēihuà) (3)
- Esperanto: ĵargono, jargono
- French: jargon m.
- German: Jargon m. (1,2), Fachsprache f. (1,2), Fachchinesisch (3)
- Hebrew: לְשׁוֹן מְקוּלְקֶלֶת (lašon mekulkelet) f., ז׳רְגוֹן (zhargon) m.; נִיב מִקְצוֹעִי (niv miketzo‘i) m.
- Indonesian: bahasa kacau
- Italian: gergo m.
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- Persian: زبان تخصصی (ẕaban-e ṯaḳassosi), زبان مخفی (ẕaban-e maḳfi)
- Portuguese: jargão m.
- Swahili: istilahi
- Volapük: jargon
- Yiddish: זשאַרגאָן (zhargon) m.
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Etymology 2
French, from Italian giargone, from Persian زر گون (zar gun, “gold-colored”).
Alternative forms
Noun
jargon (plural jargons)
- A variety of zircon
Translations
variety of zircon
- Chinese: 黃鋯石, 黄锆石 (jīng gào shí)
- French: jargon (fr), zircon (fr) m.
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
jargon n.
- A jargon, specialised language
Finnish
(index ja)
Noun
jargon
- jargon
Declension
Declension of jargon (type risti)
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singular |
plural |
| nominative |
jargon |
jargonit |
| genitive |
jargonin |
jargonien |
| partitive |
jargonia |
jargoneja |
| accusative |
jargon
jargonin |
jargonit |
| inessive |
jargonissa |
jargoneissa |
| elative |
jargonista |
jargoneista |
| illative |
jargoniin |
jargoneihin |
| adessive |
jargonilla |
jargoneilla |
| ablative |
jargonilta |
jargoneilta |
| allative |
jargonille |
jargoneille |
| essive |
jargonina |
jargoneina |
| translative |
jargoniksi |
jargoneiksi |
| instructive |
– |
jargonein |
| abessive |
jargonitta |
jargoneitta |
| comitative |
– |
jargoneineen |
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French
Etymology 1
From Old French gargun ("cheeping of birds"), from a root *garg expressing the sound of the throat or refering to it. See gargouille, gargariser, gargoter.
The initial /ʒ/ sound comes from a softening of /g/, as in jambe
Noun
jargon m. (plural jargons)
- jargon, specialised or inintelligible language
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Italian giargone
Noun
jargon m. (plural jargons)
- A jargon, zircon type
References
- "jargon" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Turkish
Etymology
From French jargon.
Noun
jargon
- jargon
Synonyms
Volapük
Noun
jargon
- gibberish
- A jargon, specialised language
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