jargon

See also Jargon

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʒɑː(ɹ).ɡən/, X-SAMPA: /dZA:(r\)g@n/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡən

Etymology 1

Old French jargon (“chatter, talk, language”)

Noun

jargon (countable and uncountable; plural jargons)

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.
   • Macaulay

     A barbarous jargon.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from jargon

jargonaut jargoneer

jargonist jargonistic

jargonization jargonize

Translations

technical terminology unique to a particular subject

• Czech: žargon (cs) m
• Dutch: jargon (nl) n, vaktaal (nl) f, visserslatijn (nl) n
• Esperanto: ĵargono (eo)
• Finnish: jargon (fi), ammattikieli (fi)
• Greek: ιδιογλωσσία (el) (idioglossía) f
• Hungarian: szaknyelv (hu), szakzsargon (hu), szakmai nyelv (hu)
• Irish: béarlagair (ga) m
• Italian: gergo (it) m
• Japanese: 専門用語 (ja) (せんもんようご, senmon yōgo), 業界用語 (ja) (ぎょうかいようご, gyōkai yōgo), 隠語 (ja) (いんご, ingo)

• Macedonian: жаргон (mk) (žargón) m
• Polish: żargon (pl) m
• Portuguese: jargão (pt) m
• Romanian: jargon (ro)
• Russian: жаргон (ru) (žargón) m
• Spanish: jerga (es) f
• Swedish: jargong (sv) c

language characteristic of a particular group

• Czech: žargon (cs) m
• Dutch: jargon (nl) n
• Finnish: slangi (fi), jargon (fi), ammattikieli (fi)
• Greek: ιδιογλωσσία (el) (idioglossía) f, ιδιόλεκτος (el) (idiólektos) f
• Hungarian: zsargon (hu), tolvajnyelv (hu)
• Irish: béarlagair (ga) m

• Macedonian: жаргон (mk) (žargón) m
• Polish: żargon (pl) m
• Portuguese: gíria (pt) f
• Russian: жаргон (ru) (žargón) m
• Swedish: jargong (sv) c

incomprehensible speech

• Czech: žargon (cs) m
• Dutch: gebrabbel (nl) n, gewauwel (nl) n, wartaal (nl) f
• Finnish: mongerrus (fi), siansaksa (fi)
• Greek: ακαταλαβίστικα (el) (akatalavístika) pl

• Hungarian: halandzsa (hu), blabla (hu)
• Irish: gibiris (ga) f
• Japanese: たわごと (ja) (tawagoto)
• Russian: тарабарщина (ru) (tarabárš'ina) f

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: مصطلح (muʂʈálaħ) m (1), لغة غير مفهومة (luğa ğer mafhúma) f (2)
• Mandarin: 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

• Persian: زبان تخصصی (ẕaban-e ṯaḳassosi), زبان مخفی (ẕaban-e maḳfi)
• Portuguese: jargão m
• Swahili: istilahi
• Volapük: jargon
• Yiddish: זשאַרגאָן (zhargon) m

Verb

jargon (third-person singular simple present jargons, present participle jargoning, simple past and past participle jargoned)

1. To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.
   • Longfellow

     The noisy jay, / Jargoning like a foreigner at his food.

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• jargoon

Noun

jargon (plural jargons)

1. A variety of zircon

Translations

variety of zircon

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

• Greek: γιαρκόν n

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈjarɡon/

Etymology

From Old French jargon (“chatter, talk, language”).

Noun

jargon n (plural jargons, diminutive jargonnetje)

1. A jargon, specialised language

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Finnish

(index ja)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈjɑrgon/

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

Macedonian: жаргон Polish: żargon Portuguese: jargão Russian: жаргон Spanish: jerga Swedish: jargong

Etymology 2

From Italian giargone

Noun

jargon m (plural jargons)

1. A jargon, zircon type

References

• "jargon" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Old French

Noun

jargon m (oblique plural jargons, nominative singular jargons, nominative plural jargon)

1. talk; chatter; conversation; talking

Descendants

• French: jargon

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Turkish

Etymology

From French jargon.

Noun

jargon

1. jargon

Synonyms

• argo

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Volapük

Noun

jargon

1. gibberish
2. A jargon, specialised language