jargon
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology 1
Old French jargon (“chatter of birds”)
[edit] Noun
jargon (countable and uncountable; plural jargons)
- (uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
- (countable) Language characteristic of a particular group.
- (uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
[edit] Synonyms
- (language characteristic of a group): argot, cant, intalk, slang
- vernacular
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[edit] Translations
technical terminology unique to a particular subject
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language characteristic of a particular group
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incomprehensible speech
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[edit] Etymology 2
French, from Italian giargone, from Persian زر گون (zar gun, “gold-colored”).
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[edit] Noun
jargon (plural jargons)
- A variety of zircon
[edit] Translations
variety of zircon
[edit] Dutch
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈjarɡon/
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jargon n.
- A jargon, specialised language
[edit] Finnish
(index ja)
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jargon
- jargon
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Declension of jargon (type risti)
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[edit] French
[edit] 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
[edit] Noun
jargon m. (plural jargons)
- jargon, specialised or inintelligible language
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Italian giargone
[edit] Noun
jargon m. (plural jargons)
- A jargon, zircon type
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- "jargon" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[edit] Turkish
[edit] Etymology
From French jargon.
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jargon
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[edit] Volapük
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jargon
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