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argot

/ˈɑːɡəʊ/US/ˈɑɹɡoʊ/

argot noun: a secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.

Noun (1)

argot (plural argots)

  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
    Synonyms:
    cant, jargon, slang
  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.
    Synonyms:
    jargon
  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

Noun (2) capitalized: Argot

Argot (plural Argots)

  1. An inhabitant or resident of Argos.

argot meaning in Malayalam, Kannada and Persian

argot in Malayalam

പ്രാകൃതഭാഷണം

argot in Kannada

ಇತರರಿಗೆ ಅರ್ಥವಾಗದಂತಹ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ, ತಮ್ಮದೇ ಪದಗಳನ್ನು ಬಳಸಿ ಮಾತನಾಡುವುದು, ತೊಂಡು, ಗುಟ್ಟುನುಡಿ

argot in Persian

secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds
لوتر lutar, لوترا lutrâ

Synonyms of argot

Forms of argot

pluralargots
pluralArgots

Origin of argot

Borrowed from French argot, of unknown origin.

Words formed from argot

Questions about argot

What does argot mean?
Argot means a secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.
What is argot in Malayalam?
Argot in Malayalam is പ്രാകൃതഭാഷണം. See Argot meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is argot?
Argot is a noun.
How do you pronounce argot?
Argot is pronounced /ˈɑːɡəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of argot?
The plural of argot is argots.

Words near argot in the dictionary

  1. argosol
  2. argosols
  3. argosome
  4. argosomes
  5. argosy
  6. argot
  7. Argote
  8. Argotes
  9. argotic
  10. argotroban
  11. argots

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Adapted from Wiktionary: argot (page history and authors); Argot (page history and authors); argot (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); argot (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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