slogan

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic sluagh-ghairm (“battle cry”), from Old Irish slúag, slóg (“army”), from Proto-Celtic *slougos (“troop, army”), from Proto-Indo-European *slowgʰo-, *slowgo- (“entourage”) + Old Irish gairm (“a call, cry”), from Proto-Celtic *garman-, *garrman- (“a call, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r-smn-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵh₂r- (“to shout, call”). Possible cognate with Latin garrio (“chatter”), Old English cearu (“sorrow, care”).

Pronunciation

• (GenAM) IPA^(key): /ˈsloʊɡən/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsləʊɡ(ə)n/

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• Hyphenation: slo‧gan
• Rhymes: -əʊɡən

Noun

slogan (plural slogans)

1. (advertising) A catch phrase associated with the product or service being advertised.
2. A distinctive phrase of a person or group of people.
   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855:

     [Bertie Wooster:] “Right-ho,” I said, not much liking the assignment, but liking less the idea of endeavouring to thwart this incandescent aunt in her current frame of mind. Safety first, is the Wooster slogan.

3. (obsolete) A battle cry (original meaning).
   • 1805, Walter Scott, "The Lay of the Last Minstrel", IV. xxvii:

     To heaven the Border slogan rung,/ The English war-cry answer'd wide.

Anagrams

• Anglos, anglos, langos, logans, longas

Noun

slogan m

1. slogan (advertising)

Noun

slogan m (plural slogans)

1. slogan
2. motto

Further reading

• “slogan” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• lagons

Etymology

Borrowed from English slogan, from Scottish Gaelic sluagh-ghairm (“battle cry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslɔ.ɡan/, [ˈz̪l̺ɔːɡän̺]
• Stress: slògan
• Hyphenation: slo‧gan

Noun

slogan m (invariable)

1. slogan, specifically:
   1. A distinctive phrase of a person or group of people.
   2. (advertising) A catch phrase associated with the product or service being advertised.

Etymology

Borrowed from English slogan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslɔ.ɡan/

Noun

slogan m inan

1. cliché (“something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost”)
2. (advertising) slogan (“a catch phrase associated with the product or service being advertised”)
3. slogan (“a distinctive phrase of a person or group of people”)

Further reading

• slogan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Noun

slogan m (plural slogans)

1. (advertising) slogan (phrase associated with a product)
2. (by extension) any type of motto

Etymology

From English slogan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slǒɡaːn/
• Hyphenation: slo‧gan

Noun

slògān m (Cyrillic spelling сло̀га̄н)

1. slogan (distinctive phrase of a person or group of people)
2. slogan (advertising)

Noun

slogan m (plural slóganes or slóganes)

1. slogan