argentine

See also Argentine

English

Etymology

Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈɑː(ɹ).dʒənˌtiːn/, /ˈɑː(ɹ).dʒənˌtaɪn/; X-SAMPA: /"A:(r\).dZ@n%ti:n/, /"A:(r\).dZ@n%taIn/

Adjective

argentine (comparative more argentine, superlative most argentine)

1. Containing or resembling silver.
   • Shakespeare

     Celestial Dian, goddess argentine.

Noun

argentine (plural argentines)

Wikipedia

1. Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially the European argentine, Argentina sphyraena.
2. (mineralogy) A siliceous variety of calcite, or lime carbonate, having a silvery-white, pearly lustre, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
3. white metal coated with silver

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Simmonds to this entry?)

Synonyms

• herring smelt

Derived terms

• greater argentine

Translations

fish of the genus Argentina

• Danish: guldlaks (da) c
• Dutch: zilvervis (nl)
• Estonian: hõbekala (et)
• Finnish: hopeakuore (fi)
• French: argentine (fr) m

• Irish: airgintín (ga)
• Italian: argentina (it) f
• Portuguese: argentina (pt) f
• Spanish: argentina (es) f
• Swedish: guldlaxfisk (sv) c

Argentina sphyraena

• Danish: strømsild (da) c
• Dutch: zilversmelt (nl)
• Estonian: hõbekala (et)
• Finnish: hopeakuore (fi)
• French: petite argentine (fr) m

• Irish: airgintín (ga)
• Italian: argentina (it) f
• Portuguese: argentina (pt) f
• Spanish: pez plata (es) f
• Swedish: silverfisk (sv) c

Anagrams

• antigreen
• tangerine

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French

Adjective

argentine

1. feminine form of argentin

Derived terms

• Argentine, Argentinean, Argentina, Argentinian

Anagrams

• gainèrent
• régnaient

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Italian

Adjective

argentine f

1. Feminine plural form of argentino

Noun

argentine f

1. Plural form of argentina

Anagrams

• rinnegate

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Latin

Adjective

argentine

1. vocative masculine singular of argentinus