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Definition for: jargon

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English

Etymology

Old French jargon , meaning gibberish .

Pronunciation

  • /dʒɑː(r)ɡən/, / dZA:(r)g@n /
    Rhymes: -ɑː(r)ɡən

Noun

jargon ( uncountable in most senses )

  1. ( uncountable ) 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.
  4. a variety of zircon. (= jargoon)

Synonyms

Translations

  • 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), 黃鋯石, 黄锆石 (jīng gào shí) (4)
  • Dutch: jargon n . , vaktaal f .
  • Esperanto: ĵargono, jargono
  • Finnish: jargon (1, 2), ammattikieli (1, 2), slangi (2), mongerrus (3)
  • French: jargon m . (1, 2, 3), zircon m . (4)
  • 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 .
  • Hungarian: zsargon
  • Indonesian: bahasa kacau
  • Irish: béarlagair m .
  • Italian: gergo m .
  • Japanese: 隠語 (ingo), 専門用語 (semmon’yōgo)
  • Persian: زبان تخصصی (ẕaban-e ṯaḳassosi), زبان مخفی (ẕaban-e maḳfi)
  • Polish: żargon m . (1,2,3)
  • Portuguese: jargão m .
  • Russian: жаргон (žargón) m .
  • Spanish: jerga f .
  • Swahili: istilahi
  • Volapük: jargon

See also

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA: /'jargon/

Noun

jargon n .

  1. jargon

Finnish

Noun

jargon

  1. jargon

Volapük

Noun

jargon

  1. gibberish
  2. jargon

Other Translations for "jargon"

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