"argot" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɑːɡəʊ/ [UK], /ˈɑɹɡoʊ/ [US], /ˈɑɹɡət/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-argot.wav [Southern-England] 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 (Chinese Mandarin), 黑话 (hēihuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 切口 (qièkǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 隱語 (Chinese Mandarin), 隐语 (yǐnyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 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] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-argot-en-noun-ASGJ~pCF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds': 87 13
  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 (Chinese Mandarin), 行话 (hánghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 俚語 (Chinese Mandarin), 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': 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: argotic

Inflected forms

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          "note": "in the criminal world",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "arqo"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "jarqon"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "qarğadili"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "argo",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "арго"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "žargon",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "жаргон"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "黑話"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hēihuà",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "黑话"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qièkǒu",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "切口"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "隱語"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǐnyǔ",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "隐语"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "salakieli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "argot"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "for argot in France",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "Argot"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "for argot in Germany or Rotwelsch",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "Rotwelsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "argkó",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αργκό"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "argotikí",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αργοτική"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "koinoniólektos",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κοινωνιόλεκτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "argó"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gergo"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sueo",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "수어"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "lutar",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "لوتر"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "lutrâ",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "word": "لوترا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "argot"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "calão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
        "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sleng",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сленг"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žargón",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жарго́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "argó",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "арго́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "argot"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "žargon",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "word": "жаргон"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "argot"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "word": "行話"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hánghuà",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "word": "行话"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "word": "俚語"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǐyǔ",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "word": "俚语"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "word": "slangi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "word": "ammattislangi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "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": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ιδιόλεκτο"
    },
    {
      "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"
      ],
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "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": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "argot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žargón",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жарго́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "argot"
    }
  ],
  "word": "argot"
}

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