"argot" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɑːɡəʊ/ [UK], /ˈɑɹɡoʊ/ [US], /ˈɑɹɡət/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-argot.wav Forms: argots [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːɹɡəʊ Etymology: Borrowed from French argot, of unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|argot}} French argot Head templates: {{en-noun}} argot (plural argots)
  1. A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds. Synonyms: cant, jargon, slang Translations (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds): arqo (Azerbaijani), jarqon (Azerbaijani), qarğadili (Azerbaijani), арго (argo) (Bulgarian), жаргон (žargon) (Bulgarian), 黑話 /黑话 (hēihuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 切口 (qièkǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 隱語 /隐语 (yǐnyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), argot [masculine] (Czech), salakieli (Finnish), argot [masculine] (French), Argot (note: for argot in France) (German), Rotwelsch (note: for argot in Germany or Rotwelsch) (German), αργκό (argkó) [feminine] (Greek), αργοτική (argotikí) [feminine] (Greek), κοινωνιόλεκτος (koinoniólektos) [feminine] (Greek), argó (Hungarian), gergo [masculine] (Italian), 은어 (euneo) (Korean), 변말 (byeonmal) (Korean), 수어 (sueo) (Korean), لوتر (lutar) (Persian), لوترا (lutrâ) (Persian), argot [neuter] (Polish), calão [masculine] (Portuguese), argot [masculine] (Portuguese), фе́ня (fénja) (note: in the criminal world) [feminine] (Russian), сленг (sleng) [masculine] (Russian), жарго́н (žargón) [masculine] (Russian), арго́ (argó) [neuter] (Russian), argot [masculine] (Slovak), argot [masculine] (Spanish)
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  2. The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers. Synonyms: jargon Translations (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field): жаргон (žargon) (Bulgarian), argot [masculine] (Catalan), 行話 /行话 (hánghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 俚語 /俚语 (lǐyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), slangi (Finnish), ammattislangi (Finnish), ammattikieli (Finnish), ιδιογλωσσία (idioglossía) [feminine] (Greek), ιδιόλεκτο (idiólekto) [neuter] (Greek), argó (Hungarian), terminológia (Hungarian), gergo [masculine] (Italian), parlata [feminine] (Italian), idioletto [masculine] (Italian), 전문어 (jeonmuneo) (Korean), 전용어 (jeonyong'eo) (Korean), argot [neuter] (Polish), jargão [masculine] (Portuguese), argot [masculine] (Portuguese), жарго́н (žargón) [masculine] (Russian), argot [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-argot-en-noun-aoWY3HlC Disambiguation of 'specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field': 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: argotic

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
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          "note": "for argot in France",
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          "word": "argó"
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          "roman": "byeonmal",
          "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
          "word": "변말"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
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          "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
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          "word": "calão"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "in the criminal world",
          "roman": "fénja",
          "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
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          "word": "фе́ня"
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          "roman": "sleng",
          "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
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          "word": "сленг"
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          "roman": "žargón",
          "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
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          "word": "行話 /行话"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɑːɡəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑɹɡoʊ/",
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "arqo"
    },
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      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "jarqon"
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      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "qarğadili"
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      "roman": "argo",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "арго"
    },
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      "roman": "žargon",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "жаргон"
    },
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      "word": "黑話 /黑话"
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      "roman": "qièkǒu",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "切口"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǐnyǔ",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "隱語 /隐语"
    },
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      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "argot"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "salakieli"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "argot"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "for argot in France",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "Argot"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "for argot in Germany or Rotwelsch",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "Rotwelsch"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "argkó",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αργκό"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αργοτική"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "koinoniólektos",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "κοινωνιόλεκτος"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "argó"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
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      ],
      "word": "gergo"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "euneo",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "은어"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "byeonmal",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "변말"
    },
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      "roman": "sueo",
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      "word": "수어"
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      "word": "لوتر"
    },
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    },
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      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "calão"
    },
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      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "argot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "in the criminal world",
      "roman": "fénja",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фе́ня"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sleng",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "сленг"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žargón",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "жарго́н"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "argó",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
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      ],
      "word": "арго́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "argot"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "argot"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "žargon",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "word": "жаргон"
    },
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      "lang": "Catalan",
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      "word": "argot"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "hánghuà",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "word": "行話 /行话"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǐyǔ",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "word": "俚語 /俚语"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "word": "slangi"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "word": "ammattislangi"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "word": "ammattikieli"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "idioglossía",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ιδιογλωσσία"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "idiólekto",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ιδιόλεκτο"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "word": "argó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "word": "terminológia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gergo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "parlata"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idioletto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeonmuneo",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "word": "전문어"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeonyong'eo",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "word": "전용어"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
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      "word": "argot"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jargão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "argot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žargón",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жарго́н"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
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      "word": "argot"
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}

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