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argent

adj · name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɑːdʒənt/
  • US: /ˈɑɹd͡ʒənt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)dʒənt
  • CMU ARPABET: AA1 R JH IH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of silver or silver-coloured.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The metal silver.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Whiteness; anything that is white.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, poetic, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A moth of the genus Argyresthia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • silvery hair

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: silver, silvery, silverish

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

a metal tincture used in heraldry to give a silvery appearance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tincture

History

Etymology

From Middle English argent, from Old French argent m (“silver”), from Latin argentum n (“white money, silver”).

Across languages

Translations

115 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: arĝenta — of silver or silver coloured
  • Finnish: hopeinen — of silver or silver coloured
  • Greek: ασημής (asimís) — of silver or silver coloured
  • Greek: ασημένιος (asiménios) — of silver or silver coloured
  • Greek: αργυρός (argyrós) — of silver or silver coloured
  • Macedonian: сребрен (srebren) — of silver or silver coloured
  • Malay: perak — of silver or silver coloured
  • Malay: argentum — of silver or silver coloured
  • Portuguese: prata — of silver or silver coloured
  • Portuguese: prateado — of silver or silver coloured
  • Portuguese: argento — of silver or silver coloured
  • Portuguese: argênteo — of silver or silver coloured
  • Romanian: argintiu — of silver or silver coloured
  • Serbo-Croatian: сребрна — of silver or silver coloured
  • Serbo-Croatian: сребрнаста — of silver or silver coloured
  • Serbo-Croatian: srebrna — of silver or silver coloured
  • Serbo-Croatian: srebrnasta — of silver or silver coloured
  • Spanish: argénteo — of silver or silver coloured
  • Czech: stříbrný — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • Dutch: zilver — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • Finnish: hopeinen — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • Finnish: hopeanvärinen — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • French: argent — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • German: silbern — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • Hungarian: ezüst — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • Italian: argento — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • Latin: argentius — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • Latin: argenteus — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • Macedonian: сребрен (srebren) — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • Polish: srebrny — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • Portuguese: branco — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • Portuguese: prata — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • Romanian: argintiu — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • Russian: серебри́стый (serebrístyj) — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • Serbo-Croatian: сребрна — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • Serbo-Croatian: srebrna — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • Slovak: strieborná — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • Spanish: plata (blanco) — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • Swedish: silver — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • Welsh: gwynn — of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
  • Afrikaans: silwer — silver or metal tincture
  • Albanian: argjent — silver or metal tincture
  • Arabic: فِضَّة (fiḍḍa) — silver or metal tincture
  • Armenian: արծաթ (arcatʻ) — silver or metal tincture
  • Basque: zilarra — silver or metal tincture
  • Belarusian: серабро (sjerabró) — silver or metal tincture
  • Breton: arc'hant — silver or metal tincture
  • Bulgarian: сребро (srebro) — silver or metal tincture
  • Catalan: plata — silver or metal tincture
  • Catalan: argent — silver or metal tincture
  • Chinese Mandarin: 銀 /银 (yín) — silver or metal tincture
  • Cornish: arhans — silver or metal tincture
  • Czech: stříbro — silver or metal tincture
  • Danish: sølv — silver or metal tincture
  • Dutch: zilver — silver or metal tincture
  • Esperanto: arĝento — silver or metal tincture
  • Estonian: hõbe — silver or metal tincture
  • Faroese: silvur — silver or metal tincture
  • Finnish: hopea — silver or metal tincture
  • French: argent — silver or metal tincture
  • West-Frisian: sulver — silver or metal tincture
  • Friulian: arint — silver or metal tincture
  • Galician: prata — silver or metal tincture
  • Georgian: ვერცხლი (vercxli) — silver or metal tincture
  • German: Silber — silver or metal tincture
  • Greek: ασημί (asimí) — silver or metal tincture
  • Greek: ασημένιο (asiménio) — silver or metal tincture
  • Greek: αργυρό (argyró) — silver or metal tincture
  • Hebrew: כֶּסֶף (késef) — silver or metal tincture
  • Hindi: चांदी (cāndī) — silver or metal tincture
  • Hungarian: ezüst — silver or metal tincture
  • Icelandic: silfur — silver or metal tincture
  • Indonesian: perak — silver or metal tincture
  • Interlingua: argento — silver or metal tincture
  • Irish: airgead — silver or metal tincture
  • Italian: argento — silver or metal tincture
  • Japanese: 銀 (gin) — silver or metal tincture
  • Kazakh: күміс (kümıs) — silver or metal tincture
  • Latin: argentum — silver or metal tincture
  • Latvian: sudrabs — silver or metal tincture
  • Lithuanian: sidabras — silver or metal tincture
  • Luxembourgish: sëlwer — silver or metal tincture
  • Macedonian: сребро (srebro) — silver or metal tincture
  • Malay: argentum — silver or metal tincture
  • Malay: perak — silver or metal tincture
  • Maltese: fidda — silver or metal tincture
  • Manx: argid — silver or metal tincture
  • Mongolian: мөнгө (möngö) — silver or metal tincture
  • Norwegian: sølv — silver or metal tincture
  • Occitan: argent — silver or metal tincture
  • Old Occitan: argent — silver or metal tincture
  • Polish: srebro — silver or metal tincture
  • Portuguese: prata — silver or metal tincture
  • Romanian: argint — silver or metal tincture
  • Russian: серебро́ (serebró) — silver or metal tincture
  • Russian: арге́нтум (argéntum) — silver or metal tincture
  • Scottish Gaelic: airgead — silver or metal tincture
  • Serbo-Croatian: сребро — silver or metal tincture
  • Serbo-Croatian: srebro — silver or metal tincture
  • Slovak: striebro — silver or metal tincture
  • Slovene: srebro — silver or metal tincture
  • Spanish: plata — silver or metal tincture
  • Swedish: silver — silver or metal tincture
  • Tagalog: pilak — silver or metal tincture
  • Tajik: нуқра (nuqra) — silver or metal tincture
  • Thai: เงิน (ngən) — silver or metal tincture
  • Tupinambá: itatinga — silver or metal tincture
  • Turkish: gümüş — silver or metal tincture
  • Ukrainian: срібло (sriblo) — silver or metal tincture
  • Urdu: چاندی (cāndī) — silver or metal tincture
  • Uzbek: kumush — silver or metal tincture
  • Uzbek: кумуш (kumush) — silver or metal tincture
  • Vietnamese: bạc — silver or metal tincture
  • Welsh: arian — silver or metal tincture
  • Zazaki: noqre — silver or metal tincture
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