argent

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Adjective 1.5.1 Synonyms 1.5.2 Translations 1.6 Derived terms 1.7 Related terms 1.8 See also 1.9 Quotations 1.10 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Related terms 2.3 Anagrams

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Alternative forms

arg. or a. in heraldic contexts.

[edit] Etymology

From Latin argentum "white money", "silver", via French argent.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɑːdʒɛnt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɑɹdʒɛnt/
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[edit] Noun

argent (uncountable)

1. The metal silver.
2. (heraldry) The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.

   argent colour:

   • 1909: The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "or" and "argent". — Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry

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[edit] Adjective

argent

1. of silver or silver-coloured.
2. (heraldry): of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.

   • 1889: ...when the shield is argent, it is shown in an engraving by being left plain. — Charles Norton Elvin, A Dictionary of Heraldry

[edit] Synonyms

• blanc, silver

[edit] Translations

[edit] Derived terms

• argentic
• argentiferous
• argentine
• argentite
• argentum nitricum

[edit] Related terms

• Ag (chemical symbol for silver)

[edit] See also

• Appendix:Colours

[edit] Quotations

• 1667: Those argent Fields more likely habitants, / Translated Saints, or middle Spirits hold / Betwixt th' Angelical and Human kinde — John Milton, Paradise Lost
• 1733: Or ask of yonder argent fields above, / Why Jove's Satellites are less than Jove? — Alexander Pope, Essay on Man
• 1817: she did soar / So passionately bright, my dazzled soul / Commingling with her argent spheres did roll / Through clear and cloudy — John Keats, Endymion
• 1817: Pardon me, airy planet, that I prize / One thought beyond thine argent luxuries! — John Keats, Endymion
• 1818: Two wings this orb / Possess'd for glory, two fair argent wings — John Keats, Hyperion
• 1819: At length burst in the argent revelry, / With plume, tiara, and all rich array, / Numerous as shadows haunting fairily / The brain — John Keats, The Eve of St Agnes
• 1891:"A castle argent is certainly my crest," said he blandly. — Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles
• 1922: Like John o'Gaunt his name is dear to him, as dear as the coat and crest he toadied for, on a bend sable a spear or steeled argent, honorificabilitudinitatibus, dearer than his glory of greatest shakescene in the country. — James Joyce, Ulysses
• 1922: Keep our flag flying! An eagle gules volant in a field argent displayed. — James Joyce, Ulysses
• 1967: Argent I craft you as the star / Of flower-shut evening — John Berryman, Berryman's Sonnets

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aegnrt
• garnet

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[edit] French

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /aʁ.ʒɑ̃/

[edit] Noun

argent m. (plural argents)

1. money
2. (chemistry) silver
3. argent (white in heraldry)

[edit] Related terms

• argenté
• argenter
• argenterie
• argentier
• argentifère
• argentin
• Argentine
• argenture

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aegnrt
• ganter
• garent
• gérant
• grenat
• ragent
• régnât
• Tanger