Definitions for argot
ˈɑr goʊ, -gətar·got

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacularnoun

   a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

   "they don't speak our lingo"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. argotnoun

   A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.

2. argotnoun

   The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers; a jargon.

   The conversation was in the argot of the trade, full of acronyms and abbreviations that made no sense to the uninitiate.

3. Etymology: From argot

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. argot

   A cant is the jargon or language of a group, often employed to exclude or mislead people outside the group. It may also be called a cryptolect, argot, pseudo-language, anti-language or secret language. Each term differs slightly in meaning; their use is inconsistent.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Argotnoun

   a secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash

2. Etymology: [F. Of unknown origin.]

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Argot

   An argot is a secret language used by various groups—including, but not limited to, thieves and other criminals—to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations. The term argot is also used to refer to the informal specialized vocabulary from a particular field of study, hobby, job, sport, etc. The author Victor Hugo was one of the first to research argot extensively. He describes it in his 1862 novel Les Misérables as the language of the dark; at one point, he says, "What is argot; properly speaking? Argot is the language of misery." The earliest known record of argot was in a 1628 document. The word was probably derived from the contemporary name, les argotiers, given to a group of thieves at that time. Under the strictest definition, an argot is a proper language, with its own grammar and style. But, such complete secret languages are rare, because the speakers usually have some public language in common, on which the argot is largely based. Argots are mainly versions of other languages with a part of its vocabulary replaced by words unknown to the larger public. For example, the term is used to describe systems such as verlan and louchébem, which retain French syntax and apply transformations only to individual words. Such systems are examples of argots à clef, or "coded argots."

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Argot

   är′go, or är′got, n. slang, originally that of thieves and vagabonds: cant. [Fr.; of unknown origin.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ARGOT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Argot is ranked #129047 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Argot surname appeared 132 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Argot.
   
   75% or 99 total occurrences were White.
   23.4% or 31 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Non-standard Speech

Anagrams for argot »

1. gator

2. gotra

3. groat

How to pronounce argot?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say argot in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of argot in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of argot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=argot
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Argot
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argot
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/argot
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=argot
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=argot
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html