An argot strengthens the identity of a social group.
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Argot
//ˈɑɹɡoʊ//
Synonyms for "argot" (44 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (22)
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3 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 18 languages.
Azerbaijani
3 entries- arqo noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- jarqon noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- qarğadili noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
Bulgarian
4 entries- арго noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- арго noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
- жаргон noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- жаргон noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
Catalan
1 entries- argot noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 俚語 /俚语 noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
- 切口 noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- 行話 /行话 noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
- 隱語 /隐语 noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
Czech
1 entries- argot noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
Finnish
4 entries- ammattikieli noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
- ammattislangi noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
- salakieli noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- slangi noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
French
1 entries- argot noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
German
2 entries- Argot noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- Rotwelsch noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
Greek
4 entries- αργκό noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- αργοτική noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- ιδιογλωσσία noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
- ιδιόλεκτο noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
Hungarian
3 entries- argó noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- argó noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
- terminológia noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
Italian
4 entries- gergo noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- gergo noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
- idioletto noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
- parlata noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
Korean
4 entries- 변말 noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- 수어 noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- 은어 noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- 전문어 noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
Persian
2 entries- لوتر noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- لوترا noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
Polish
2 entries- argot noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- argot noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
Portuguese
4 entries- argot noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- argot noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
- calão noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- jargão noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
Russian
4 entries- арго́ noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- жарго́н noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- жарго́н noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
- сленг noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
Slovak
1 entries- argot noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
Spanish
2 entries- argot noun (secret language of thieves, tramps and vagabonds)
- argot noun (specialized vocabulary and terminology of a field)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Sadie had, in the argot of the day, a really good built.
Source: wiktionary
The conversation was in the argot of the trade, full of acronyms and abbreviations that made no sense to the uninitiate.
Source: wiktionary
Merle spoke in the thin nasal argot of this city's slums: "This the fus toim yez been lobbed, oy, kiddow?"
Source: wiktionary
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