argot
French, noun/aʁ.ɡo/
argot is spelled A-R-G-O-T (5 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Argot is a French masculine noun meaning “slang” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langage de convention utilisé à l’origine par les voleurs, les malfaiteurs”.
What does argot mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslang
- 2
masculinecant (secret language)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Langage de convention utilisé à l’origine par les voleurs, les malfaiteurs. 2. Jargon ou sociolecte ; vocabulaire (et parfois autres traits de langage) utilisé au sein d'une profession ou bien d’un milieu ou classe sociale particulière. 3. Langage populaire, non conforme à l’usage courant ou soutenu.
noun: 1. Bois qui est au-dessus de l'œil sur le rameau.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of argot
- argots plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce argot?
- /aʁ.ɡo/
- /aʁ.ɡɔ/
- \aʁ.ɡo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to argot
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is argot in French?
argot appears 1.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).