jargonner
French, verb\ʒaʁ.ɡɔ.ne\
jargonner is spelled J-A-R-G-O-N-N-E-R (9 letters). Jargonner is a French verb meaning “to babble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “S'exprimer en ayant recours à un jargon de manière prétentieuse dans le but de paraître plus malin qu'on ne…”.
What does jargonner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to babble
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. S'exprimer en ayant recours à un jargon de manière prétentieuse dans le but de paraître plus malin qu'on ne l'est, en tenant des propos pouvant relever du charabia, du baragouinage, de l'amphigouri ou des galimatias 2. Pousser son cri, pour le jars.
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 jargonner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- jargonnant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- jargonné participle past
- jargonne first-person indicative present
- jargonnes indicative present second-person
- jargonnons first-person indicative plural
- jargonnez indicative plural present
- jargonnent indicative plural present
- jargonnais first-person imperfect indicative
- jargonnait imperfect indicative singular
- jargonnions first-person imperfect indicative
- jargonniez imperfect indicative plural
- jargonnaient imperfect indicative plural
- jargonnai first-person historic indicative
- jargonnas historic indicative past
- jargonna historic indicative past
- jargonnâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jargonner?
- \ʒaʁ.ɡɔ.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jargonner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.