Jargon

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 Finnish 3.1 Noun 4 Volapük 4.1 Noun

English

Pronunciation

• /dʒɑː(r)ɡən/, /dZA:(r)g@n/

  Rhymes: -ɑː(r)ɡən

Etymology

Old French: jargon, meaning gibberish.

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

• slang
• vernacular

Translations

Chinese: 行話 (háng huà) (1, 2), 隱語 (yǐn huà) or 黑話 (hēi huà) (3), 黃鋯石 (jīng gào shí) (4) Dutch: jargon n., vaktaal f. Farsi: زبان تخصصی (ẕaban-e ṯaḳassosi), زبان ٠خفی (ẕaban-e maḳfi) 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, זַ׳רְגוֹן; נִיב מִקְצוֹעִי Indonesian: bahasa kacau Irish: béarlagair m.

Italian: gergo m. Japanese: 隠語 (ingo), 専門用語 (semmon'yōgo) Polish: żargon m. (1, 2, 3) Portuguese: jargão m. Russian: жаргон (žargon) m. Spanish: jerga f. Swahili: istilahi Volapük: jargon

See also

• cant

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Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA: /'jargon/

Noun

jargon n

1. jargon

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Finnish

Noun

jargon

1. jargon

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Volapük

Noun

jargon

1. gibberish
2. jargonet:jargon

fr:jargon io:jargon pl:jargon pt:jargon zh:jargon