argentine

See also: Argentine

English

Etymology

From Middle English argentyne, borrowed from Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ).dʒənˌtiːn/, /ˈɑː(ɹ).dʒənˌtaɪn/

Adjective

argentine (comparative more argentine, superlative most argentine)

1. Containing or resembling silver.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare

     Celestial Dian, goddess argentine.

Synonyms

• silvern

Noun

argentine (plural argentines)

1. Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially the European argentine, .
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 c
• Dutch: zilvervis (nl)
• Estonian: hõbekala
• Finnish: hopeakuore
• French: argentine (fr) m
• Irish: airgintín
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• Italian: argentina f
• Portuguese: argentina (pt) f
• Russian: аргенти́н m (argentín)
• Spanish: argentina (es) f
• Swedish: guldlaxfisk c

Argentina sphyraena

• Catalan: moixó (ca) m
• Danish: strømsild c
• Dutch: zilversmelt
• Estonian: hõbekala
• Finnish: hopeakuore
• French: petite argentine (fr) m
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• Irish: airgintín
• Italian: argentina f
• Portuguese: argentina (pt) f
• Spanish: pez plata f
• Swedish: silverfisk c

Anagrams

• Tangerine, antigreen, intragene, tangerine

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French

Adjective

argentine

1. feminine singular of argentin

Derived terms

• Argentine, Argentinean, Argentina, Argentinian

Anagrams

• gainèrent
• régnaient

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Italian

Adjective

argentine

1. feminine plural of argentino

Noun

argentine f

1. plural of argentina

Anagrams

• rinnegate

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) argentīne

1. vocative masculine singular of argentīnus