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Webster 1913 Edition
Argentine
Ar′gen-tine
(?; in the 2d sense, commonly ?)
, Adj.
1.
Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery.
Celestial Dian, goddess
argentine
. Shakespeare
2.
Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America.
Ar′gen-tine
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
argentin
, fr. L. argentum
silver.] 1.
(Min.)
A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
2.
White metal coated with silver.
Simmonds.
3.
(Zool.)
A fish of Europe (
Maurolicus Pennantii
) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina
. 4.
A citizen of the Argentine Republic; an Argentinian.
Definition 2024
Argentine
Argentine
See also: argentine
English
Adjective
Argentine (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Argentina.
Synonyms
Translations
Argentinian — see Argentinian
Noun
Argentine (plural Argentines)
- A citizen or descendant abroad of Argentina.
Synonyms
Translations
Argentinian — see Argentinian
Proper noun
the Argentine
- (archaic) Argentina.
Translations
Argentina — see Argentina
Derived terms
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French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Argentine
Noun
Argentine f (plural Argentines)
- feminine equivalent of Argentin
Anagrams
argentine
argentine
See also: Argentine
English
Adjective
argentine (comparative more argentine, superlative most argentine)
- Containing or resembling silver.
- (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare
- Celestial Dian, goddess argentine.
- (Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare
Noun
argentine (plural argentines)
- Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially the 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
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Simmonds to this entry?)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
fish of the genus Argentina
Argentina sphyraena
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