argot

See also: Argot

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French argot, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɡəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹɡoʊ/, /ˈɑɹɡət/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: (UK) -ɑːɡəʊ, (US) -ɑɹɡoʊ

Noun

argot (plural argots)

1. A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.

   Synonyms: cant, jargon, slang

   • 2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, p. 338-9:

     Sadie had, in the argot of the day, a really good built.

2. The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers.

   Synonym: jargon

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

Derived terms

• argotic

Translations

secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds

• Bulgarian: арго (argo), жаргон (bg) (žargon)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑話／黑话 (zh) (hēihuà), 切口 (zh) (qièkǒu), 隱語／隐语 (zh) (yǐnyǔ)

• Finnish: salakieli (fi)
• French: argot (fr) m
• German: Argot (de) (for argot in France), Rotwelsch (de) (for argot in Germany or Rotwelsch)
• Greek: αργκό (el) f (argkó), αργοτική f (argotikí), κοινωνιόλεκτος (el) f (koinoniólektos)
• Hungarian: argó (hu)
• Italian: gergo (it) m
• Korean: 은어 (ko) (euneo), 변말 (byeonmal), 수어 (sueo)
• Persian: لوتر‎ (fa) (lutar), لوترا‎ (fa) (lutrâ)
• Polish: argot (pl) n
• Portuguese: calão (pt) m, argot m
• Russian: фе́ня (ru) f (fénja) (in the criminal world), сленг (ru) m (sleng), жарго́н (ru) m (žargón), арго́ (ru) n (argó)
• Spanish: argot (es) m

specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field

• Bulgarian: жаргон (bg) (žargon)
• Catalan: argot (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 行話／行话 (zh) (hánghuà), 俚語／俚语 (zh) (lǐyǔ)

• Finnish: slangi (fi), ammattislangi (fi), ammattikieli (fi)
• Greek: ιδιογλωσσία f (idioglossía), ιδιόλεκτο (el) n (idiólekto)
• Hungarian: argó (hu), terminológia (hu)
• Italian: gergo (it) m, parlata (it) f, idioletto m
• Korean: 전문어 (ko) (jeonmuneo), 전용어 (jeonyong'eo)
• Polish: argot (pl) n
• Portuguese: jargão (pt) m, argot m
• Russian: жарго́н (ru) m (žargón)
• Spanish: argot (es) m

Anagrams

• Groat, RATOG, gator, gotra, groat

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French argot.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

argot m (plural argots)

1. slang, argot
2. jargon

Further reading

• “argot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Of obscure origin, first attested in 1628.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ɡo/, (older, now chiefly Belgium) /aʁ.ɡɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -o, -ɔ

Noun

argot m (plural argots)

1. slang
2. cant (secret language)

Derived terms

• argotier
• argotique
• argotisme
• argotiste
• argotologie

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: argot
• → English: argot
• → Galician: argot
• → German: Argot
• → Greek: αργκό (argkó)
• → Hungarian: argó
• → Italian: argot
• → Polish: argot
• → Portuguese: argot
• → Romanian: argou
• → Russian: арго́ (argó)
• → Spanish: argot
• → Turkish: argo

Further reading

• argot on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “argot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ragot

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French argot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arˈɡɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -arɡɔ
• Syllabification: ar‧got

Noun

argot n (indeclinable) or argot m inan

1. (linguistics, literary) argot, jargon, slang

   Synonyms: gwara, slang, żargon

Declension

Indeclinable, or colloquially:

Declension of argot

	singular	plural
nominative	argot	argoty
genitive	argotu	argotów
dative	argotowi	argotom
accusative	argot	argoty
instrumental	argotem	argotami
locative	argocie	argotach
vocative	argocie	argoty

Derived terms

noun

• argotyzm

 

Further reading

• argot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• argot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Anagrams

• grota

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• argô (rare)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French argot.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈɡo/ [aɦˈɡo]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈɡo/ [aɦˈɡo]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾˈɡo/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁˈɡo/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻˈɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aɾˈɡo/ [aɾˈɣo]

Noun

argot m (plural argots)

1. (linguistics) argot (a secret language used by thieves, tramps and vagabonds)

   Synonym: calão

2. (linguistics) argot (specialised vocabulary and terminology of a field)

   Synonym: jargão

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French argot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈɡot/ [aɾˈɣ̞ot̪]
• Rhymes: -ot
• Syllabification: ar‧got

Noun

argot m (plural argot)

1. slang, argot

   Synonym: jerga

Further reading

• “argot”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014