# jargon
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdʒɑː.ɡən/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɑɹ.ɡən/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡən
* Hyphenation: jar‧gon

### Etymology 1

From Middle English jargoun, jargon, from Old French jargon, a variant of gargon, gargun (“chatter; talk; language”).

#### Noun

jargon (countable and uncountable, plural jargons)
* (uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
* (countable) A language characteristic of a particular group.
** 1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter I, in The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume I, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 11:They [the Normans] abandoned their native speech, and adopted the French tongue, in which Latin was the predominant element. They speedily raised their new language to a dignity and importance which it had never before possessed. They found it a barbarous jargon; they fixed it in writing; and they employed it in legislation, in poetry, and in romance.
** 2014, Ian Hodder, Archaeological Theory Today:In fact all the competing theories have developed their own specialized jargons and have a tendency to be difficult to penetrate.
* (uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.

##### Synonyms

* (language characteristic of a group): argot, cant, intalk, lingo
* vernacular

##### Derived terms

* blargon
* cyberjargon
* Eurojargon
* jargonal
* jargon aphasia
* jargonaphasia
* jargonaut
* jargoneer
* jargoner
* jargonese
* jargonesque
* jargonic
* jargonisation
* jargonise
* jargonish
* jargonist
* jargonistic
* jargonitis
* jargonium
* jargonization
* jargonize
* jargonless
* jargony
* psychojargon
* technojargon

##### Translations

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#### Verb

jargon (third-person singular simple present jargons, present participle jargoning, simple past and past participle jargoned)
* To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.
** 1837, Thomas Carlyle, “Fatherland in Danger”, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, book III (The Girondins), page 184:Prussian Trenck, the poor subterranean Baron, jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner.
** 1863 November 23, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Poet’s Tale. The Birds of Killingworth.”, in Tales of a Wayside Inn, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 195:[T]he noisy jay, / Jargoning like a foreigner at his food; […]

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

jargon (countable and uncountable, plural jargons)
* Alternative form of jargoon (“A variety of zircon”)

### Further reading

* Jargon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Jargon in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
* "jargon" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 174.

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Old French jargon (“chatter, talk, language”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɑrˈɣɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: jar‧gon

### Noun

jargon n (plural jargons, diminutive jargonnetje n)
* jargon, specialised language

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French jargon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjɑrɡon/, [ˈjɑ̝rɡo̞n]
* Rhymes: -ɑrɡon
* Hyphenation: jar‧gon

### Noun

jargon
* jargon

#### Declension

Possessive forms of jargon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
jargonini
jargonini
accusative
nom.
jargonini
jargonini
gen.
jargonini
genitive
jargonini
jargonieni
partitive
jargoniani
jargonejani
inessive
jargonissani
jargoneissani
elative
jargonistani
jargoneistani
illative
jargoniini
jargoneihini
adessive
jargonillani
jargoneillani
ablative
jargoniltani
jargoneiltani
allative
jargonilleni
jargoneilleni
essive
jargoninani
jargoneinani
translative
jargonikseni
jargoneikseni
abessive
jargonittani
jargoneittani
instructive
comitative
—jargoneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
jargonisi
jargonisi
accusative
nom.
jargonisi
jargonisi
gen.
jargonisi
genitive
jargonisi
jargoniesi
partitive
jargoniasi
jargonejasi
inessive
jargonissasi
jargoneissasi
elative
jargonistasi
jargoneistasi
illative
jargoniisi
jargoneihisi
adessive
jargonillasi
jargoneillasi
ablative
jargoniltasi
jargoneiltasi
allative
jargonillesi
jargoneillesi
essive
jargoninasi
jargoneinasi
translative
jargoniksesi
jargoneiksesi
abessive
jargonittasi
jargoneittasi
instructive
comitative
—jargoneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
jargonimme
jargonimme
accusative
nom.
jargonimme
jargonimme
gen.
jargonimme
genitive
jargonimme
jargoniemme
partitive
jargoniamme
jargonejamme
inessive
jargonissamme
jargoneissamme
elative
jargonistamme
jargoneistamme
illative
jargoniimme
jargoneihimme
adessive
jargonillamme
jargoneillamme
ablative
jargoniltamme
jargoneiltamme
allative
jargonillemme
jargoneillemme
essive
jargoninamme
jargoneinamme
translative
jargoniksemme
jargoneiksemme
abessive
jargonittamme
jargoneittamme
instructive
comitative
—jargoneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
jargoninne
jargoninne
accusative
nom.
jargoninne
jargoninne
gen.
jargoninne
genitive
jargoninne
jargonienne
partitive
jargonianne
jargonejanne
inessive
jargonissanne
jargoneissanne
elative
jargonistanne
jargoneistanne
illative
jargoniinne
jargoneihinne
adessive
jargonillanne
jargoneillanne
ablative
jargoniltanne
jargoneiltanne
allative
jargonillenne
jargoneillenne
essive
jargoninanne
jargoneinanne
translative
jargoniksenne
jargoneiksenne
abessive
jargonittanne
jargoneittanne
instructive
comitative
—jargoneinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
jargoninsa
jargoninsa
accusative
nom.
jargoninsa
jargoninsa
gen.
jargoninsa
genitive
jargoninsa
jargoniensa
partitive
jargoniaan jargoniansa
jargonejaan jargonejansa
inessive
jargonissaan jargonissansa
jargoneissaan jargoneissansa
elative
jargonistaan jargonistansa
jargoneistaan jargoneistansa
illative
jargoniinsa
jargoneihinsa
adessive
jargonillaan jargonillansa
jargoneillaan jargoneillansa
ablative
jargoniltaan jargoniltansa
jargoneiltaan jargoneiltansa
allative
jargonilleen jargonillensa
jargoneilleen jargoneillensa
essive
jargoninaan jargoninansa
jargoneinaan jargoneinansa
translative
jargonikseen jargoniksensa
jargoneikseen jargoneiksensa
abessive
jargonittaan jargonittansa
jargoneittaan jargoneittansa
instructive
comitative
—jargoneineen jargoneinensa :

### Further reading

* “jargon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒaʁ.ɡɔ̃/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French jargon, gargun ("cheeping of birds"), from a root *garg expressing the sound of the throat or referring to it. See gargouille, gargariser, gargoter. The initial /ʒ/ sound comes from a softening of /g/, as in jambe.

#### Noun

jargon m (plural jargons)
* jargon, specialised or unintelligible language

##### Derived terms

* jargonner
* jargonnesque

##### Descendants

* → Czech: žargon
* → Dutch: jargon
* → English: jargon
* → Esperanto: ĵargono
* → German: Jargon
* → Hungarian: zsargon
* → Macedonian: жаргон (žargon)
* → Polish: żargon
* → Portuguese: jargão
* → Romanian: jargon n
* → Russian: жарго́н m (žargón)
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: жа̀рго̄н
    Latin script: žàrgōn
* → Spanish: jerga
* → Swedish: jargong
* → Turkish: jargon

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian giargone. Doublet of zircon.

#### Noun

jargon m (plural jargons)
* jargoon, a zircon type

##### Descendants

* → Catalan: jargó
* → English: jargoon
* → German: Jargon
* → Greek: γιαρκόν (giarkón)
* → Russian: жарго́н (žargón)
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: жаргон
    Latin script: žargon, jargon
* → Spanish: jergón

### Further reading

* “jargon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Middle English
### Noun

jargon
* Alternative form of jargoun.

## Old French
### Etymology

Probably of imitative origin, similar to Latin garrio (“I chatter”).

### Noun

jargon oblique singular, m (oblique plural jargons, nominative singular jargons, nominative plural jargon)
* talk; chatter; conversation; talking

#### Descendants

* French: jargon
** → Czech: žargon
** → Dutch: jargon
** → English: jargon
** → Esperanto: ĵargono
** → German: Jargon
** → Hungarian: zsargon
** → Macedonian: жаргон (žargon)
** → Polish: żargon
** → Portuguese: jargão
** → Romanian: jargon n
** → Russian: жарго́н m (žargón)
** → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: жа̀рго̄н
    Latin script: žàrgōn
** → Spanish: jerga
** → Swedish: jargong
** → Turkish: jargon

### References

* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “jargon”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French jargon.

### Noun

jargon n (plural jargoane)
* jargon, slang

#### Declension
## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French jargon.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒɑɾˈɡon/, [ʒɑɾ̞ˈɡo̞n̪]

### Noun

jargon (definite accusative jargonu, plural jargonlar)
* jargon

#### Synonyms

* argo

## Volapük
### Noun

jargon
* gibberish
* A jargon, specialised language