argentine
Appearance
See also: Argentine
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English argentyne, borrowed from Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”), equivalent to argent + -ine.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]argentine (comparative more argentine, superlative most argentine)
- Containing or resembling silver.
- Synonym: silvern
- c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act 5, scene 1]:
- Celestiall Dian, Goddesse Argentine
Noun
[edit]argentine (countable and uncountable, plural argentines)
- Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially a European argentine (Argentina sphyraena).
- (mineralogy) A siliceous variety of calcite, or lime carbonate, having a silvery-white, pearly lustre, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
- White metal coated with silver.[1]
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]fish of the genus Argentina
Argentina sphyraena
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References
[edit]- ^ 1858, Peter Lund Simmonds, The Dictionary of Trade Products
Anagrams
[edit]French
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[edit]Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]argentine
Derived terms
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[edit]Italian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]argentine
Noun
[edit]argentine f
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ar.ɡenˈtiː.ne/, [ärɡɛn̪ˈt̪iːnɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ar.d͡ʒenˈti.ne/, [ärd͡ʒen̪ˈt̪iːne]
Adjective
[edit]argentīne
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]argentine gender-neutral (plural argentines, feminine argentina, feminine plural argentinas, masculine argentino, masculine plural argentinos)
- (gender-neutral, neologism) Argentinian (person)
- 2019, Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales, Derechos humanos en la Argentina: Informe 2019, Siglo XXI Editores, →ISBN:
- Alrededor de sesenta argentines y extranjeres fueron desacreditades.
- About sixty Argentinians and foreigners were discredited.
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ine
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- es:Argentina
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