Dictionary

argot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑɹɡət/ (US)
• /ˈɑɹɡoʊ/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɑːɡəʊ/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from French argot, of unknown origin.

Meanings

1. A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.
   • Sadie had, in the argot of the day, a really good built. 2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, page 338 of 338–339:
2. 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.
3. 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?" 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 232:

Forms

Deriveds

argotic

Synonyms

cant · jargon · jargon · slang

Translations (55)

az arqo (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · ru фе́ня (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · pt calão (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · az qarğadili (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · bg жаргон (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · ko 전용어 (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · pt argot (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · ru жарго́н (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · ru жарго́н (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · ko 전문어 (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · cmn 行話 /行话 (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · bg жаргон (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · hu terminológia (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · hu argó (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · it parlata (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · fi slangi (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · fi salakieli (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · el ιδιογλωσσία (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · el αργοτική (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · pl argot (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · cmn 俚語 /俚语 (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · pt argot (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · el αργκό (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · es argot (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · it gergo (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · cmn 隱語 /隐语 (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · de Argot (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · fi ammattislangi (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · fa لوتر (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · es germanía (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · ko 수어 (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · sk argot (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · pt jargão (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · el ιδιόλεκτο (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · fr argot (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · fa لوترا (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · cmn 黑話 /黑话 (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · it idioletto (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · ca argot (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · it gergo (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · pl argot (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · el κοινωνιόλεκτος (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · hu argó (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · bg арго (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · ru сленг (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · bg арго (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · es argot (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · ko 은어 (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · de Rotwelsch (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · fi ammattikieli (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field) · cmn 切口 (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · az jarqon (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · cs argot (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · ko 변말 (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds) · ru арго́ (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)