FromMiddle Englishargentyne, borrowed fromOld Frenchargentin(“silvery”), fromLatinargentum(“silver”), equivalent toargent +-ine.
- (UK, US)IPA(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ).d͡ʒənˌtiːn/,/ˈɑː(ɹ).d͡ʒənˌtaɪn/
argentine (comparativemoreargentine,superlativemostargentine)
- Containing or resemblingsilver.
- Synonym:silvern
c.1607–1608 (date written),William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?],The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White andThomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published1609,→OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:Celestiall Dian, GoddesseArgentine
argentine (countable anduncountable,pluralargentines)
- Anyosmeriform fish of the genusArgentina, especially aEuropean argentine (Argentina sphyraena).
- (mineralogy) Asiliceous variety ofcalcite, orlimecarbonate, having a silvery-white, pearly lustre, and a waving or curvedlamellar structure.
- White metal coated withsilver.[1]
fish of the genusArgentina
- ^1858, Peter Lund Simmonds,The Dictionary of Trade Products
argentine
- femininesingular ofargentin
argentine
- feminineplural ofargentino
argentine f
- plural ofargentina
argentīne
- vocativemasculinesingular ofargentīnus
- IPA(key): /aɾxenˈtine/[aɾ.xẽn̪ˈt̪i.ne]
- Rhymes:-ine
- Syllabification:ar‧gen‧ti‧ne
argentine gender-neutral (pluralargentines,feminineargentina,feminine pluralargentinas,masculineargentino,masculine pluralargentinos)
- (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 sesentaargentines y extranjeres fueron desacreditades.- About sixtyArgentinians and foreigners were discredited.
