jargon
See also: Jargon
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɑɹ.ɡən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɑː.ɡən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡən
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)
- (uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
- (countable) Language characteristic of a particular group.
- 2014, Ian Hodder, Archaeological Theory Today
- In fact all the competing theories have developed their own specialized jargons and have a tendency to be difficult to penetrate.
- 2014, Ian Hodder, Archaeological Theory Today
- (uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
- Macaulay
- A barbarous jargon.
- Macaulay
Synonyms
- (language characteristic of a group): argot, cant, intalk
- vernacular
Derived terms
Terms derived from jargon
Translations
technical terminology unique to a particular subject
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language characteristic of a particular group
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incomprehensible speech
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Verb
jargon (third-person singular simple present jargons, present participle jargoning, simple past and past participle jargoned)
- To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.
- Longfellow
- The noisy jay, / Jargoning like a foreigner at his food.
- Longfellow
Etymology 2
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/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: jar‧gon
Finnish
(index ja)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɑrɡon/, [ˈjɑrɡo̞n]
Declension
Inflection of jargon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | jargon | jargonit | |
genitive | jargonin | jargonien | |
partitive | jargonia | jargoneja | |
illative | jargoniin | jargoneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | jargon | jargonit | |
accusative | nom. | jargon | jargonit |
gen. | jargonin | ||
genitive | jargonin | jargonien | |
partitive | jargonia | jargoneja | |
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 |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒaʁ.ɡɔ̃/
Etymology 1
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
Derived terms
- jargonner
- jargonnesque
Descendants
Descendants
References
“jargon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Old French
Turkish
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