"lingo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪŋ.ɡəʊ/ [UK], /ˈliŋ.ɡoʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-lingo.ogg [US] Forms: lingos [plural], lingoes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ Etymology: From Latin lingua (“language”) + -o (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|lingua||language}} Latin lingua (“language”), {{affix|en|-o|pos1=diminutive suffix}} -o (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|lingoes}} lingo (countable and uncountable, plural lingos or lingoes)
  1. (informal) Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Language Derived forms: kanto lingo Translations (language peculiar to a particular group or region): argot [masculine] (Catalan), jargon [neuter] (Dutch), jargon [masculine] (French), Jargon [masculine] (German), linguo (Ido), gergo [masculine] (Italian), narzecze [neuter] (Polish), żargon [masculine] (Polish), jargão [masculine] (Portuguese), жарго́н (žargón) [masculine] (Russian), parrata [feminine] (Sicilian), calata [feminine] (Sicilian), jerga [feminine] (Spanish), altdil [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] (Turkish), meslek dili (Turkish), жарго́н (žarhón) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "language peculiar to a particular group or region",
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          ],
          "word": "gergo"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "language peculiar to a particular group or region",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "language peculiar to a particular group or region",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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            "sciences"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "language peculiar to a particular group or region",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "language peculiar to a particular group or region",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jargon"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "language peculiar to a particular group or region",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Jargon"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "language peculiar to a particular group or region",
      "word": "linguo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "language peculiar to a particular group or region",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gergo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "language peculiar to a particular group or region",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "language peculiar to a particular group or region",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "żargon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "language peculiar to a particular group or region",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jargão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žargón",
      "sense": "language peculiar to a particular group or region",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жарго́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "language peculiar to a particular group or region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parrata"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "language peculiar to a particular group or region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calata"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "language peculiar to a particular group or region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jerga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "language peculiar to a particular group or region",
      "topics": [
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "altdil"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "language peculiar to a particular group or region",
      "word": "meslek dili"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "žarhón",
      "sense": "language peculiar to a particular group or region",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жарго́н"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lingo"
}

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