Jargon

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See also Jargon

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʒɑː(ɹ).ɡən/, SAMPA: /dZA:(r)g@n/

  Rhymes: -ɑː(r)ɡən

Etymology 1

Old French jargon (“‘gibberish’”)

Noun

Singular Jargon

Plural s

Jargon (s)

1. (uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
2. (countable) Language characteristic of a particular group.
3. (uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.

Synonyms

• (language characteristic of a group): argot, cant, slang
• vernacular

Derived terms

• jargonaut

Translations

technical terminology unique to a particular subject

Czech: žargon cs(cs) m. Dutch: jargon n., vaktaal f., visserslatijn n. Finnish: jargon fi(fi), ammattikieli fi(fi) Greek: ιδιογλωσσία (idioglossia) f. Hungarian: szaknyelv hu(hu), szakzsargon hu(hu), szakmai nyelv hu(hu) Irish: béarlagair m.

Italian: gergo it(it) m. Macedonian: жаргон mk(mk) (žargón) m. Polish: żargon pl(pl) m. Russian: жаргон ru(ru) (žargón) m. Spanish: jerga es(es) f.

language characteristic of a particular group

Czech: žargon cs(cs) m. Dutch: jargon nl(nl) n. Finnish: slangi fi(fi), jargon fi(fi), ammattikieli fi(fi) Greek: ιδιογλωσσία el(el) f., ιδιόλεκτο el(el) n. Hungarian: zsargon hu(hu), tolvajnyelv hu(hu)

Irish: béarlagair m. Macedonian: жаргон mk(mk) (žargón) m. Polish: żargon pl(pl) m. Russian: жаргон ru(ru) (žargón) m.

incomprehensible speech

Czech: žargon cs(cs) m. Dutch: gebrabbel n., gewauwel n., wartaal Finnish: mongerrus fi(fi), siansaksa fi(fi) Greek: ακαταλαβίστικα (skatalabistika) n. pl.

Hungarian: halandzsa hu(hu), blabla hu(hu) Irish: gibiris Russian: тарабарщина ru(ru) (tarabárš'ina) f.

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Arabic: مصطلح (muʂʈálaħ) m. (1), لغة غير مفهومة (luğa ğer mafhúma) f. (2) Chinese: 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. Japanese: 隠語 (ingo), 専門用語 (semmon’yōgo) Persian: زبان تخصصی (ẕaban-e ṯaḳassosi), زبان مخفی (ẕaban-e maḳfi) Portuguese: jargão m. Spanish: jerga f. Swahili: istilahi Volapük: jargon

Etymology 2

French, from Italian giargone, from Persian زر گون (zar gun), “‘gold-colored’”).

Alternative spellings

• jargoon

Noun

Singular Jargon

Plural {{{1}}}

Jargon ({{{1}}})

1. A variety of zircon

Translations

variety of zircon

Chinese: 黃鋯石, 黄锆石 (jīng gào shí) French: jargon fr(fr), zircon fr(fr) m.

Greek: γιαρκόν n.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈjargon/

Noun

Jargon n.

1. A jargon, specialised language

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Finnish

1. redirect Template:finnish index

Noun

Jargon

1. jargon

Declension

Declension of Jargon (type risti) 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)

1. jargon, specialised or inintelligible language

Derived terms

• jargonner
• jargonnesque

Descendants

Czech: žargon Dutch: jargon English: jargon Esperanto: ĵargono German: Jargon

Hungarian: zsargon Template:Mk: [[жаргон#Template:Mk|жаргон]] Polish: żargon Portuguese: jargão Template:Ru: [[жаргон#Template:Ru|жаргон]]

Etymology 2

From Italian giargone

Noun

Jargon m. (plural Jargons)

1. A jargon, zircon type

References

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Volapük

Noun

Jargon

1. gibberish
2. A jargon, specialised language

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