"jargoon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: jargoons [plural]
Etymology: From French jargon, from Italian giargone, from Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn). Doublet of zircon. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|jargon|id=jargoon}} French jargon, {{der|en|it|giargone}} Italian giargone, {{der|en|ar|زَرْقُون}} Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn), {{doublet|en|zircon}} Doublet of zircon Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} jargoon (countable and uncountable, plural jargoons)
  1. A variety of zircon. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Gems, Zirconium Translations (variety of zircon): jargó (Catalan), zircon [masculine] (French), Jargon [masculine] (German), γιαρκόν (giarkón) [neuter] (Greek), жарго́н (žargón) [masculine] (Russian), жаргон [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), žargon [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), jergón [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-jargoon-en-noun-iD0ruUZy Disambiguation of Gems: 64 36 Disambiguation of Zirconium: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'variety of zircon': 99 1
  2. (UK, slang, countable) A fake ring or other jewellery sold as genuine. Tags: UK, countable, slang
    Sense id: en-jargoon-en-noun-zbMtBpq7 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: jargon, jargounce, jacounce [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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