jargon
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
jargon
- (uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
- (countable) Language characteristic of a particular group.
- (uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
- 18, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 1, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (
please specify ), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323 ↗:
- (language characteristic of a group) argot, cant, intalk
- vernacular
- French: jargon
- German: Fachjargon, Fachsprache
- Italian: gergo
- Portuguese: jargão
- Russian: жарго́н
- Spanish: tecnicismo, jerga
- French: jargon
- German: Jargon, Fachsprache
- Portuguese: gíria
- Russian: жарго́н
- Spanish: jerga
- French: jargon
- German: Jargon, Fachchinesisch
- Portuguese: algaravia
- Russian: тараба́рщина
- Spanish: jerigonza
jargon (jargons, present participle jargoning; past and past participle jargoned)
- To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.
- The noisy jay, / Jargoning like a foreigner at his food.
jargon (plural jargons)
- Alternative form of jargoon
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