CHINOOK JARGON

Meaning of CHINOOK JARGON in English

[Chinook jargon] n, often cap J (1840): a pidgin language based on Chinook and other Indian languages, French, and English and formerly used as a lingua franca in the northwestern U.S. and on the Pacific coast of Canada and Alaska

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CHINOOK JARGON — noun Usage: often capitalized J Date: 1840 a pidgin language based on Chinook and other Indian languages, French, and English …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHINOOK JARGON — noun also chinook Usage: usually capitalized C&J : a pidgin language based on Lower Chinook and other Indian languages, French, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHINOOK JARGON — a pidgin based largely on Nootka, Lower Chinook, French, and English, once widely used as a lingua franca from Alaska …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHINOOK JARGON — Usage: often capitalized J Date: 1840 : a pidgin language based on Chinook and other Indian languages, French, and English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHINOOK JARGON — Function: noun Usage: often cap J Date: 1840 : a pidgin language based on Chinook and other Indian languages, French, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CHINOOK JARGON — ■ noun an extinct pidgin composed of elements from Chinook, Nootka, English, French, and other languages, formerly used in the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CHINOOK JARGON — чинукский жаргон Пиджин (упрощенный язык) межнационального общения индейцев и белых торговцев Северо-Запада США и Тихоокеанского побережья Канады и Аляски; смесь крайне …
CHINOOK JARGON — чинукский жаргон Пиджин (упрощенный язык) межнационального общения индейцев и белых торговцев Северо-Запада США и Тихоокеанского побережья Канады и Аляски; смесь …
JARGON — [F] n jargon (1. language regarded as barbarous; 2. technical vocabulary of a special group)
Interlingua English vocab
CHINOOK — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Lower Chehalis (Salishan language of western Washington) c̓inúk, name of a ~ village Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHINOOK — Northwest Coast Indian people of Washington and Oregon, U.S. At the time of first contact, the Chinook who were in …
Английский словарь Британика
JARGON — noun see chinook jargon
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JARGON — I. ˈjärgən, ˈjȧg- also -ˌgän noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English jargoun, from Middle French jargon, probably of imitative …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHINOOK — shə̇ˈnu̇k sometimes chə̇- or -ük noun ( plural chinook or chinooks ) Etymology: Chehalis Tsinúk 1. usually capitalized a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JARGON — (v. i.) To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh and noisy …
Английский словарь Webster
CHINOOK — (n.) A jargon of words from various languages (the largest proportion of which is from that of the Chinooks) generally …
Английский словарь Webster
CHINOOK — (n.) A warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks, sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains, …
Английский словарь Webster
CHINOOK — (n.) One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom …
Английский словарь Webster
JARGON — ( v. i. ) To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds; to talk unintelligibly, or in a harsh …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHINOOK — ( n. ) One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHINOOK — ( n. ) A warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks, sometimes experienced on the slope of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHINOOK — ( n. ) A jargon of words from various languages (the largest proportion of which is from that of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
JARGON — jargon 1 — jargony, jargonistic , adj. — jargonist, jargoneer , n. /jahr"geuhn, -gon/ , n. 1. the language, esp. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHINOOK — /shi nook", -noohk", chi-/ , n. , pl. Chinooks , ( esp. collectively ) Chinook . 1. a member of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHINOOK — n. member of the Chinook Indian tribe
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CHINOOK — noun ( plural Chinook or Chinooks ) Etymology: Lower Chehalis (Salishan language of western Washington) c̓inúk, name of a Chinook …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
JARGON — noun a variety of zircon. ·see zircon. 2. jargon ·noun confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; …
Webster English vocab
CHINOOK — noun a warm westerly wind from the country of the chinooks, sometimes experienced on the slope of the rocky mountains, …
Webster English vocab
CHINOOK — [ tʃɪ'nu:k , -nʊk , ʃɪ- ] ■ noun 1》 (also ~ wind ) a warm, dry wind which blows …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CHINOOK — [ tʃɪ'nu:k , -'nʊk , ʃɪ- ] ■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) 1》 a member of an …
Concise Oxford English vocab
JARGON — [jar.gon] n [ME, fr. MF] (14c) 1 a: confused unintelligible language b: a strange, outlandish, or barbarous language or dialect …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHINOOK — [Chi.nook] n, pl Chinook or Chinooks [Lower Chehalis (Salishan language of western Washington) cinuk, name of a Chinook village] (1805) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHINOOK — Indians of the Northwest Pacific Coast of North America who lived along the lower Columbia River from its mouth to …
Britannica English vocabulary
JARGON — jargon BrE AmE ˈdʒɑːɡ ə n AmE \ ˈdʒɑːrɡ- -ɑːn ▷ jargon|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHINOOK — chinook, C~ BrE AmE ( ˌ ) tʃɪ ˈnuːk ʃɪ-, § tʃə-, -ˈnʊk AmE \ ʃə ˈnʊk ʃɪ- ▷ chinook|s …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
JARGON — / ˈdʒɑːgən; NAmE ˈdʒɑːrgən/ noun [ U ] (often disapproving ) words or expressions that are used by a particular …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHINOOK — / tʃɪˈnuːk; NAmE ; ʃɪ-/ noun 1. (also chiˌnook ˈwind ) a warm dry wind that blows down the east …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JARGON — jar ‧ gon /ˈdʒɑːɡən $ ˈdʒɑːrɡən, -ɡɑːn/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
JARGON — n. 1 words or expressions used by a particular group or profession (medical jargon). 2 barbarous or debased language. 3 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
JARGON — n. 1 words or expressions used by a particular group or profession (medical jargon). 2 barbarous or debased language. 3 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHINOOK — n. 1 a warm dry wind which blows east of the Rocky Mountains. 2 a warm wet southerly wind west …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
JARGON — 1. n.1 words or expressions used by a particular group or profession (medical jargon). 2 barbarous or debased language. 3 …
Oxford English vocab
CHINOOK — n.1 a warm dry wind which blows east of the Rocky Mountains. 2 a warm wet southerly wind west of …
Oxford English vocab
JARGON — You use jargon to refer to words and expressions that are used in special or technical ways by particular groups …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
JARGON — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE legal ▪ Using legal or scientific jargon to dazzle. ▪ One day, the mystery …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
JARGON — [noun] [U] [disapproving] - special words and phrases which are used by particular groups of people, esp. in their workmilitary/legal/computer …
Cambridge English vocab
CHINOOK — n. Northwest Coast Indian people of Washington and Oregon, U.S. At the time of first contact, the Chinook who were …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
JARGON
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
JARGON — Word or sentence that doesn't make sense. Example: Shut it! You are talking jargon!
Slang English vocab
JARGON — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ current ▪ impenetrable , incomprehensible , meaningless , obscure ▪ unnecessary ▪ academic , legal , medical …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
JARGON
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
JARGON
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
JARGON — noun BAD : I don't understand computer jargons. GOOD : I don't understand computer jargon. ◆◆◆ Jargon is an uncountable …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
JARGON — Like all other specialised subjects,the Internet has its own jargon;a somewhat cryptic language describing technical details.Some jargon is explained in …
Internet Terms and Acronyms English vocab
JARGON — I сущ. 1) жаргон to speak in, use jargon ≈ использовать жаргон professional, technical, trade jargon ≈ профессиональный жаргон (специальные …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
JARGON — jargon.ogg 1. ʹdʒɑ:gən n 1. жаргон, профессиональный язык medical jargon - медицинский жаргон the jargon of radio technicians of linguists …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CHINOOK — n ( pl тж. без измен.) 1. 1> чинуки ( племя североамериканских индейцев ) 2> чинук ( индеец из племени …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
JARGON — I сущ.1) жаргон to speak in, use jargon — использовать жаргон professional, technical, trade jargon — профессиональный жаргон (специальные фразы, …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CHINOOK — без изменений 1) чинуки ( племя североамериканских индейцев ); чинук ( индеец из племени чинуков ) 2) чинукский жаргон ( …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CHINOOK — сущ.; мн. ч. тж. без изменений1) чинуки (племя североамериканских индейцев); чинук (индеец из племени чинуков) 2) чинукский жаргон (смесь индейских …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CHINOOK — n ( pl тж. без измен.) 1. 1) чинуки ( племя североамериканских индейцев ) 2) чинук ( индеец из племени …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
JARGON — 1. ʹdʒɑ:gən n 1. жаргон, профессиональный язык medical jargon - медицинский жаргон the jargon of radio technicians of linguists - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CHINOOK — n ( pl тж. без измен.) 1. 1> чинуки ( племя североамериканских индейцев ) 2> чинук ( индеец из племени …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
JARGON — I ˈdʒ:ɡən сущ. 1) жаргон to speak in, use jargon — использовать жаргон professional, technical, trade jargon — профессиональный жаргон …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

Merriam-Webster English vocab

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