argot

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɑːɡəʊ/,
• (US) IPA: /ˈɑːrɡoʊ/, IPA: /ˈɑːrɡət/

Noun

argot (plural argots)

1. A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.
2. The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers; a jargon.

   The conversation was in the argot of the trade, full of acronyms and abbreviations that made no sense to the uninitiate.

Synonyms

• (secret language): cant, jargon, slang
• (specialized vocabulary): jargon

Translations

secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds

Bulgarian: арго (bg), жаргон (bg) French: argot (fr) m. Greek: αργκό (el) (argkó) f., αργοτική (el) (argotikí) f., κοινωνιόλεκτος (el) (koinoniólektos) f.

Hungarian: argó (hu) Polish: argot (pl) n. Russian: феня (ru) (fénja) f. (in the criminal world), сленг (ru) (sleng) m., жаргон (ru) (žargón) m., арго (ru) (argó) n. (indeclinable)

specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field

Bulgarian: жаргон (bg) Finnish: slangi (fi), ammattislangi (fi), ammattikieli (fi) Greek: ιδιογλωσσία (el) (idioglossía) f., ιδιόλεκτο (el) (idiólekto) n. Hungarian: argó (hu), terminológia (hu)

Polish: argot (pl) n. Russian: жаргон (ru) (žargón) m. Spanish: argot (es) m.

Anagrams

• gator
• gotra
• groat

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Noun

argot m. (plural argots)

1. cant (secret language)
2. slang

Derived terms

• argotique

Anagrams

• ragot

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Polish

Etymology

From French argot

Pronunciation

• IPA: [arˈɡɔ]

Noun

argot n. (indeclinable)

1. argot

Anagrams

• grota

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Spanish

Noun

argot m. (plural argot)

1. slang, argot