argot
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argot¹
- /ˈɑːɡəʊ/ UK
- /ˈɑɹɡoʊ/ US
- /ˈɑɹɡət/ US
Rhymes with -ɑːɹɡəʊ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French argot, of unknown origin.
noun argots
- A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds. Sadie had, in the argot of the day, a really good built.
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The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers.
The conversation was in the argot of the trade, full of acronyms and abbreviations that made no sense to the uninitiate.
Similar: jargon
- A strongly marked style of speaking. Merle spoke in the thin nasal argot of this city's slums: "This the fus toim yez been lobbed, oy, kiddow?"
Argot²
noun Argots
- An inhabitant or resident of Argos.
Translations
Every language
noun secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds
| Español | argot, germanía |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 은어 euneo, 변말 byeonmal, 수어 sueo |
| 中文 | 黑話 /黑话 hēihuà, 切口 qièkǒu, 隱語 /隐语 yǐnyǔ |
| Português | calão, argot |
| Français | argot |
| Deutsch | Argot, Rotwelsch |
| Italiano | gergo |
| Ελληνικά | αργκό argkó, αργοτική argotikí, κοινωνιόλεκτος koinoniólektos |
| Русский | фе́ня fénja, сленг sleng, жарго́н žargón, арго́ argó |
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