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6-letter words (1 found)

JARGON,

5-letter words (5 found)

ARGON,GROAN,NAGOR,ORANG,ORGAN,

4-letter words (10 found)

AGON,AGRO,GAJO,GNAR,GORA,GRAN,JONG,RANG,ROAN,RONG,

3-letter words (19 found)

AGO,GAN,GAR,GOA,GON,GOR,JAG,JAR,JOG,JOR,NAG,NOG,NOR,OAR,ORA,ORG,RAG,RAJ,RAN,

2-letter words (10 found)

AG,AN,AR,GO,JA,JO,NA,NO,ON,OR,

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Definitions and meaning of jargon

jargon

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɑː.ɡən/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ɡən/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡən
  • Hyphenation: jar‧gon

Etymology 1

From Middle English jargoun, jargon, from Old French jargon, a variant of gargon, gargun (“chatter; talk; language”).

Noun

jargon (countable and uncountable, plural jargons)

  1. (uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
  2. (countable) A language characteristic of a particular group.
  3. (uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
Synonyms
  • (language characteristic of a group): argot, cant, intalk
  • vernacular
Derived terms
Translations

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.

Etymology 2

Noun

jargon (countable and uncountable, plural jargons)

  1. Alternative form of jargoon (“A variety of zircon”)

Further reading

  • Jargon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Jargon in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
  • "jargon" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 174.

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɑrˈɣɔn/
  • Hyphenation: jar‧gon

Noun

jargon n (plural jargons, diminutive jargonnetje n)

  1. jargon, specialised language

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from French jargon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑrɡon/, [ˈjɑ̝rɡo̞n]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrɡon
  • Syllabification(key): jar‧gon

Noun

jargon

  1. jargon

Declension

Further reading

  • “jargon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒaʁ.ɡɔ̃/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French jargon, gargun ("cheeping of birds"), from a root *garg expressing the sound of the throat or referring to it. See gargouille, gargariser, gargoter.
The initial /ʒ/ sound comes from a softening of /g/, as in jambe.

Noun

jargon m (plural jargons)

  2. jargon, specialised or unintelligible language
Derived terms
  • jargonner
  • jargonnesque
Descendants
  • → Czech: žargon
  • → Dutch: jargon
  • → English: jargon
  • → Esperanto: ĵargono
  • → German: Jargon
  • → Hungarian: zsargon
  • → Macedonian: жаргон (žargon)
  • → Polish: żargon
  • → Portuguese: jargão
  • → Romanian: jargon n
  • → Russian: жарго́н m (žargón)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: жа̀рго̄н
    Latin script: žàrgōn
  • → Spanish: jerga
  • → Swedish: jargong
  • → Turkish: jargon

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian giargone. Doublet of zircon.

Noun

jargon m (plural jargons)

  2. jargon, a zircon type
Descendants
  • → Catalan: jargó
  • → English: jargoon
  • → German: Jargon
  • → Greek: γιαρκόν (giarkón)
  • → Russian: жарго́н (žargón)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: жаргон
    Latin script: žargon, jargon
  • → Spanish: jergón

Further reading

  • “jargon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

jargon

  1. Alternative form of jargoun.

Old French

Etymology

Probably of imitative origin, similar to Latin garrio (“I chatter”).

Noun

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

  1. talk; chatter; conversation; talking

Descendants

  • French: jargon
    • → Czech: žargon
    • → Dutch: jargon
    • → English: jargon
    • → Esperanto: ĵargono
    • → German: Jargon
    • → Hungarian: zsargon
    • → Macedonian: жаргон (žargon)
    • → Polish: żargon
    • → Portuguese: jargão
    • → Romanian: jargon n
    • → Russian: жарго́н m (žargón)
    • → Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: жа̀рго̄н
      Latin script: žàrgōn
    • → Spanish: jerga
    • → Swedish: jargong
    • → Turkish: jargon

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “jargon”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French jargon.

Noun

jargon n (plural jargoane)

  1. jargon, slang

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French jargon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒɑɾˈɡon/, [ʒɑɾ̞ˈɡo̞n̪]

Noun

jargon (definite accusative jargonu, plural jargonlar)

  1. jargon

Synonyms

  • argo

Volapük

Noun

jargon

  1. gibberish
  2. A jargon, specialised language

Source: wiktionary.org