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5-letter words (3 found)

ARGOT,GATOR,GROAT,

4-letter words (12 found)

AGRO,GART,GOAT,GORA,GRAT,GROT,RATO,ROTA,TARO,TOGA,TORA,TROG,

3-letter words (20 found)

AGO,ART,GAR,GAT,GOA,GOR,GOT,OAR,OAT,ORA,ORG,ORT,RAG,RAT,ROT,TAG,TAO,TAR,TOG,TOR,

2-letter words (7 found)

AG,AR,AT,GO,OR,TA,TO,

You can make 42 words from argot according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of argot

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Definitions and meaning of argot

argot

Etymology

Borrowed from French argot, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɑːɡəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹɡoʊ/, /ˈɑɹɡət/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɹɡəʊ

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

Derived terms

  • argotic

Translations

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/
  • Rhymes: -o,

Noun

argot m (plural argots)

  1. slang
  2. cant (secret language)

Derived terms

Descendants

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/
  • 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:

Derived terms

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

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

References

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

Source: wiktionary.org