• Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: jargon - 1. terminology; 2. cant, gibberish, mumbo-jumbo; 3. pidgin



(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish jargon ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Dutch jargon ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
English noun: jargon, intransitive verb: to jargon unintelligible talk: 14c;

17c: speech full of unfamiliar terms

' noun: meaning 1, 2, 3;

verb: to speak in or use jargon'

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Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Jargon ... 'meaning 1, 2;

and also: a) casual style b) jewellery: a Jargon (J. de diamant oder J. de Ceylan) is a zircon that was decolourised by heating'

'...' ...
Hungarian zsargon ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian gergo ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Latvian žargons ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Lithuanian žargonas ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian sjargong ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Polish żargon ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Portuguese jargão ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak žargón ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Slovenian žargon ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Spanish jerga ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Swedish jargong ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...

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Etymology: from OF jargon "a chattering" (of birds), ultimately of echoic origin (cf. L. garrire "to chatter", English gargle). Often applied to something the speaker does not understand, hence meaning "mode of speech full of unfamiliar terms" (1651).

Source: http://www.etymonline.com

Information on Other Languages

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meaning 1

Czech: slang, hantýrka

Estonian: erikeel

Finnish: erikoiskieli