name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lingo
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈlɪŋ.ɡəʊ̯/
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US: /ˈlɪŋ.ɡoʊ̯/
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rhymes with -ɪŋɡəʊ
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CMU ARPABET: L IH1 NG G OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group, field, or region; jargon or a dialect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An Aboriginal language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: Australian Aboriginal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they don't speak our lingo
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: slang, cant, jargon, argot, patois, vernacular
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: non-standard speech
Narrower terms: street name, rhyming slang
History
Etymology
Scottish surname, probably altered from Lingoch, a parish of Carnbee. The placename could be from the noun ling (“heather”). More at Lingo.
From Latin lingua (“language”) + -o (diminutive suffix).
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: argot — language peculiar to a particular group or region
- Dutch: jargon — language peculiar to a particular group or region
- French: jargon — language peculiar to a particular group or region
- German: Jargon — language peculiar to a particular group or region
- Ido: linguo — language peculiar to a particular group or region
- Indonesian: lingo — language peculiar to a particular group or region
- Indonesian: bahasa lingo — language peculiar to a particular group or region
- Italian: gergo — language peculiar to a particular group or region
- Polish: żargon — language peculiar to a particular group or region
- Polish: narzecze — language peculiar to a particular group or region
- Portuguese: jargão — language peculiar to a particular group or region
- Russian: жарго́н (žargón) — language peculiar to a particular group or region
- Sicilian: parrata — language peculiar to a particular group or region
- Sicilian: calata — language peculiar to a particular group or region
- Spanish: jerga — language peculiar to a particular group or region
- Spanish: germanía — language peculiar to a particular group or region
- Spanish: argot — language peculiar to a particular group or region
- Turkish: altdil — language peculiar to a particular group or region
- Turkish: meslek dili — language peculiar to a particular group or region
- Ukrainian: жарго́н (žarhón) — language peculiar to a particular group or region
Real reading context