slogan
English
/ˈsloʊ.ɡən/, /ˈsləʊ.ɡ(ə)n/
noun
Definitions
- (advertising) A catch phrase associated with the product or service being advertised.
- A distinctive phrase of a person or group of people.
- (obsolete) A battle cry among the ancient highlanders of Scotland.
Etymology
Borrowed from Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic sluagh-ghairm (battle cry) derived from Old Irish slúag derived from Proto-Celtic *slougos (army, troup, troop) derived from Proto-Indo-European *slowgʰo- derived from Old Irish gairm (cry, a call, neighbor) derived from Proto-Celtic *garman- derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r-smn-, *ǵh₂r- (shout, call).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵh₂r-
Gloss
shout, call
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Care Sunday English
- counterslogan English
- sloganed English
- sloganeer English
- sloganise English
- sloganism English
- sloganize English
- sloganizer English
- sloganless English
- slughorn English
- garriō Latin
- Slogan German
- szlogen Hungarian
- slogan Italian
- слоган Russian
- *slowgʰo- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵh₂r- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵh₂r-smn- Proto-Indo-European
- *karō Proto-Germanic
- スローガン Japanese
- slogan Polish
- carful Old English
- carig Old English
- carleas Old English
- caru Old English
- carwielm Old English
- uhtcaru Old English
- श्लोक Sanskrit
- care Middle English
- gairm Irish
- श्लोक Hindi
- สโลแกน Thai
- slogan Cebuano
- gairm Old Irish
- slóg Old Irish
- slúag Old Irish
- togairm Old Irish
- gairm Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- sluagh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- sluagh-ghairm Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- taghairm Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *karu gmw-pro
- *garman- Proto-Celtic
- *garrman Proto-Celtic
- *garyos Proto-Celtic
- *slougos Proto-Celtic
- *tegos Proto-Celtic
- gãrãescu Aromanian
- 슬로건 Korean
- *śláwkas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *llʉɣ Proto-Brythonic
- ಶ್ಲೋಕ Kannada
- ᠱᠯᠦᠺ Middle Mongolian
- ᠰᠢᠯᠦᠭ Buryat