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Complete Definition of "jargon"

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English

Pronunciation
/dʒɑː(r)ɡən/, /<tt>dZA:(r)g@n</tt>/
:Rhymes:English:-ɑː(r)ɡən|Rhymes: -ɑː(r)ɡən

Etymology 1
OF. #French|jargon, meaning gibberish.

Noun
jargon italbrac|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.

Synonyms
slang
vernacular

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|مصطلح (muʂʈálaħ) m (1), ARchar|لغة غير مفهومة (luğa ğer mafhúma) f (2)
Chinese: 行話, 行话 (háng huà) (1, 2); 隱語, 隐语 (yǐn huà) or 黑話, 黑话 (hēihuà) (3)
Dutch: jargon n, vaktaal f
Esperanto: ĵargono, jargono
Finnish: jargon (1, 2), ammattikieli (1, 2), slangi (2), mongerrus (3)
French: jargon#French|jargon m (1, 2, 3)
German: Jargon#German|Jargon m (1,2), Fachsprache f (1,2), Fachchinesisch (3)
Greek: ιδιογλωσσία f (1,2), αργκό f (2), ακαταλαβίστικα n|p (3)
Hebrew: לשון מקולקלת|לְשׁוֹן מְקוּלְקֶלֶת (lašon mekulkelet) f, ז׳רגון|ז׳רְגוֹן (zhargon) m; ניב מקצועי|נִיב מִקְצוֹעִי (niv miketzo‘i) m
Hungarian: zsargon
mid
Indonesian: bahasa kacau
Irish: béarlagair m
Italian: gergo m
Japanese: 隠語 (ingo), 専門用語 (semmon’yōgo)
Persian: FAchar|زبان تخصصی (ẕaban-e ṯaḳassosi), FAchar|زبان مخفی (ẕaban-e maḳfi)
Polish: żargon m (1,2,3)
Portuguese: jargão m
Russian: жаргон (žargón) m
Spanish: jerga f
Swahili: istilahi
Volapük: jargon

See also
cant

Etymology 2
French, from Italian giargone, from Persian FAchar|زر گون (zar gun), "gold-colored".

Noun
jargon

  1. a variety of zircon

Alternative spellings
jargoon

Translations
Chinese: 黃鋯石, 黄锆石 (jīng gào shí)
French: zircon m
Greek: γιαρκόν n


Dutch

Pronunciation
:International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA: /'jargon/

Noun
jargon n

  1. jargon

Finnish

Noun
jargon

  1. jargon

French

Noun
fr-noun|m

  1. #English|jargon

Volapük

Noun
jargon

  1. gibberish
  2. jargon

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Revision and Credits for"jargon"
  • 2007-12-22 01:54 - Circeus - Change deprecated template, Replaced: {{fr-noun-reg|m}} β†’ {{fr-noun|m}} [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]]

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