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Synonyms for argot

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ahr-goh, -guh t
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɑr goʊ, -gət

Définition of argot

Origin :
  • 1860, from French argot (17c.) "the jargon of Paris rogues and thieves," earlier "the company of beggars," from Middle French argot, "group of beggars," origin unknown. Gamillscheg suggests a connection to Old French argoter "to cut off the stubs left in pruning," with a connecting sense of "to get a grip on." The best English equivalent is perhaps cant. The German equivalent is Rotwelsch, literally "Red Welsh," but the first element may be connected with Middle High German rot "beggar." Earlier in English was pedlar's French (1520s) "language of thieves and vagabonds."
  • noun jargon
Example sentences :
  • "That looks good to me," said Peter, delighted that the argot fell so aptly from his lips.
  • Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
  • "It is a kind of argot which belongs only to Americans," I answered in an undertone.
  • Extract from : « Esmeralda » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • It is only argot anyway, and it doesn't mean sotte, but nave.
  • Extract from : « Love in a Cloud » by Arlo Bates
  • This dialect is termed in English slang, in French argot, in Italian gergo.
  • Extract from : « The Criminal » by Havelock Ellis
  • The which, in Parisian argot, at once means everything and nothing.
  • Extract from : « Zut and Other Parisians » by Guy Wetmore Carryl
  • You are really not at all sure that the white face belonged to Argot, are you?
  • Extract from : « The House Opposite » by Elizabeth Kent
  • I shouted, as Argot (for it was indeed he) tried to fire over his shoulder.
  • Extract from : « The House Opposite » by Elizabeth Kent
  • To abuse him in his own argot was to make him loose his bag of mice in a flash.
  • Extract from : « The Battle Of The Strong, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • For it was all refinement at the beginning, and wandered off into argot that was the very reverse.
  • Extract from : « The Mynns' Mystery » by George Manville Fenn
  • You look to me as if you were perfectly acquainted with the argot of the heart.
  • Extract from : « Father Goriot » by Honore de Balzac

Antonyms for argot

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