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Webster 1913 Edition

Jargon

Jar′gon

,
Noun.
[F.
jargon
, OF. also
gargon
, perh. akin to E.
garrulous
, or
gargle
.]
1.
Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish.
“A barbarous jargon.”
Macaulay.
“All jargon of the schools.”
Prior.
2.
Hence:
an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang.
Especially,
an idiom with frequent use of informal technical terms, such as acronyms, used by specialists.
“All jargon of the schools.”
Prior.
The
jargon
which serves the traffickers.
Johnson.

Jar′gon

(jär′gŏn)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Jargoned
(-gŏnd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Jargoning
.]
To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy manner.
The noisy jay,
Jargoning
like a foreigner at his food.
Longfellow.

Jar′gon

,
Noun.
[E.
jargon
, It.
jiargone
; perh. fr. Pers.
zargūn
gold-colored, fr.
zar
gold. Cf.
Zircon
.]
(Min.)
A variety of zircon. See
Zircon
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Jargon

J`ARGON

, n.
1.
Confused, unintelligible talk or language; gabble; gibberish; cant.
All jargon of the schools.
2.
A mineral, usually of a gray or greenish white color, in small irregular grains, or crystallized in quadrangular prisms surmounted with pyramids, or in octahedrons consisting of double quadrangular prisms. [See Zircon.]

Definition 2024

Jargon

Jargon

See also: jargon

German

Noun

Jargon m ‎(genitive Jargons, plural Jargons)

  1. jargon

Declension

Derived terms

jargon

jargon

See also: Jargon

English

Noun

jargon ‎(countable and uncountable, plural jargons)

  1. (uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
  2. (countable) Language characteristic of a particular group.
    • 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.
  3. (uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
    • Macaulay
      A barbarous jargon.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

jargon ‎(third-person singular simple present jargons, present participle jargoning, simple past and past participle jargoned)

  1. To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.
    • Longfellow
      The noisy jay, / Jargoning like a foreigner at his food.

Etymology 2

French, from Italian giargone, from Persian زر گون ‎(zar gun, “gold-colored”).

Alternative forms

Noun

jargon ‎(plural jargons)

  1. A variety of zircon
Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɑrˈɣɔn/
  • Hyphenation: jar‧gon

Etymology

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

Noun

jargon n ‎(plural jargons, diminutive jargonnetje n)

  1. A jargon, specialised language

Finnish

(index ja)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑrɡon/

Noun

jargon

  1. jargon

Declension

Inflection of jargon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative jargon jargonit
genitive jargonin jargonien
partitive jargonia jargoneja
illative jargoniin jargoneihin
singular plural
nominative jargon jargonit
accusative nom. jargon jargonit
gen. jargonin
genitive jargonin jargonien
partitive jargonia jargoneja
inessive jargonissa jargoneissa
elative jargonista jargoneista
illative jargoniin jargoneihin
adessive jargonilla jargoneilla
ablative jargonilta jargoneilta
allative jargonille jargoneille
essive jargonina jargoneina
translative jargoniksi jargoneiksi
instructive — jargonein
abessive jargonitta jargoneitta
comitative — jargoneineen

French

Etymology 1

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)

  1. jargon, specialised or unintelligible language
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Italian giargone

Noun

jargon m ‎(plural jargons)

  1. A jargon, zircon type

References

“jargon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Noun

jargon m ‎(oblique plural jargons, nominative singular jargons, nominative plural jargon)

  1. talk; chatter; conversation; talking

Descendants

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from French jargon.

Noun

jargon ‎(definite accusative jargonu, plural jargonlar)

  1. jargon
Synonyms

Volapük

Noun

jargon

  1. gibberish
  2. A jargon, specialised language

Etymology

From French jargon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʒaʁˈɡɔŋ], [ʒaʁˈɡɔ̃ː]

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