argot

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French argot, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɑːɡəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹɡoʊ/, /ˈɑɹɡət/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɹɡəʊ

Noun

argot (plural argots)

  1. A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.
    Synonyms: cant, jargon, slang
    • 2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, p. 338-9:
      Sadie had, in the argot of the day, a really good built.
  2. The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers.
    Synonym: jargon
    The conversation was in the argot of the trade, full of acronyms and abbreviations that made no sense to the uninitiate.

Derived terms

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French argot.

Pronunciation

Noun

argot m (plural argots)

  1. slang, argot
  2. jargon

Further reading

French

Etymology

Of obscure origin, first attested in 1628.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʁ.ɡo/, (older, now chiefly Belgium) /aʁ.ɡɔ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -o, -ɔ

Noun

argot m (plural argots)

  1. slang
  2. cant (secret language)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: argot
  • → English: argot
  • → Galician: argot
  • → German: Argot
  • → Greek: αργκό (argkó)
  • → Hungarian: argó
  • → Italian: argot
  • → Polish: argot
  • → Portuguese: argot
  • → Romanian: argou
  • → Russian: арго́ (argó)
  • → Spanish: argot
  • → Turkish: argo

Further reading

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Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French argot.

Pronunciation

Noun

argot n (indeclinable) or argot m inan

  1. (linguistics, literary) argot, jargon, slang
    Synonyms: gwara, slang, żargon

Declension

Indeclinable, or colloquially:

Declension of argot
singular plural
nominative argot argoty
genitive argotu argotów
dative argotowi argotom
accusative argot argoty
instrumental argotem argotami
locative argocie argotach
vocative argocie argoty

Derived terms

noun

Further reading

  • argot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • argot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Anagrams

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French argot.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

argot m (plural argots)

  1. (linguistics) argot (a secret language used by thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
    Synonym: calão
  2. (linguistics) argot (specialised vocabulary and terminology of a field)
    Synonym: jargão

References

  1. ^ “argot” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “argot” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French argot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɾˈɡot/
  • Rhymes: -ot
  • Syllabification: ar‧got

Noun

argot m (plural argot)

  1. slang, argot
    Synonym: jerga

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia