adj
Meaning 1
Containing or resembling silver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: silvern
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
argentine
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK, US: /ˈɑː(ɹ).d͡ʒənˌtiːn/
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UK, US: /ˈɑː(ɹ).d͡ʒənˌtaɪn/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.dʒən.taɪn/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.dʒən.tiːn/
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adj
Meaning 2
Of, from, or pertaining to Argentina or its people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Argentinan, Argentinean, Argentinian
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
Argentina.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, with-definite-article
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Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 4
Strasbourg (city in France).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 5
A current place name:
A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Kansas, named after a silver smeltery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 6
A current place name:
A township and census-designated place therein, in Genesee County, Michigan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 7
A current place name:
A township in Fall River County, South Dakota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 8
A current place name:
A commune in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially a European argentine (Argentina sphyraena).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A siliceous variety of calcite, or lime carbonate, having a silvery-white, pearly lustre, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 11
White metal coated with silver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
A citizen or descendant abroad of Argentina.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Argentinan, Argentinean, Argentinian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
Ellipsis of Argentine tango.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 14
of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Argentinian tango
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Argentinian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 15
any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: soft-finned fish, malacopterygian
History
Etymology
From Middle English argentyne, borrowed from Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”), equivalent to argent + -ine.
From Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”).
Across languages
Translations
148 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: argjentinas — pertaining to Argentina
- Asturian: arxentín — pertaining to Argentina
- Belarusian: аргенці́нскі (arhjencínski) — pertaining to Argentina
- Bulgarian: аржентински (aržentinski) — pertaining to Argentina
- Catalan: argentí — pertaining to Argentina
- Czech: argentinský — pertaining to Argentina
- Danish: argentinsk — pertaining to Argentina
- Dutch: Argentijns — pertaining to Argentina
- Estonian: argentiina — pertaining to Argentina
- Finnish: argentiinalainen — pertaining to Argentina
- French: argentin — pertaining to Argentina
- French: argentine — pertaining to Argentina
- Galician: arxentino — pertaining to Argentina
- Georgian: არგენტინური (argenṭinuri) — pertaining to Argentina
- German: argentinisch — pertaining to Argentina
- Greek: αργεντίνικος (argentínikos) — pertaining to Argentina
- Greek: αργεντινός (argentinós) — pertaining to Argentina
- Hebrew: ארגנטיני (argent'yni) — pertaining to Argentina
- Hebrew: ארגנטינית (argent'ynit) — pertaining to Argentina
- Hindi: अर्जेंटीनी (arjẽṭīnī) — pertaining to Argentina
- Hungarian: argentin — pertaining to Argentina
- Italian: argentino — pertaining to Argentina
- Italian: argentina — pertaining to Argentina
- Japanese: アルゼンチンの (aruzenchin no) — pertaining to Argentina
- Korean: 아르헨티나의 (Areuhentina-ui) — pertaining to Argentina
- Kyrgyz: аргентиналык (argentinalık) — pertaining to Argentina
- Latvian: argentīniešu — pertaining to Argentina
- Lithuanian: argentinietiškas — pertaining to Argentina
- Maltese: Arġentin — pertaining to Argentina
- Maltese: Arġentina — pertaining to Argentina
- Maltese: Arġentini — pertaining to Argentina
- Manx: Argenteenagh — pertaining to Argentina
- Norwegian Bokmål: argentinsk — pertaining to Argentina
- Norwegian Nynorsk: argentinsk — pertaining to Argentina
- Occitan: argentin — pertaining to Argentina
- Polish: argentyński — pertaining to Argentina
- Portuguese: argentino — pertaining to Argentina
- Romanian: argentinian — pertaining to Argentina
- Russian: аргенти́нский (argentínskij) — pertaining to Argentina
- Serbo-Croatian: аргѐнтӣнскӣ — pertaining to Argentina
- Serbo-Croatian: argèntīnskī — pertaining to Argentina
- Slovak: argentínsky — pertaining to Argentina
- Slovene: argentinski — pertaining to Argentina
- Spanish: argentino — pertaining to Argentina
- Swahili: Kiajentina — pertaining to Argentina
- Swedish: argentinsk — pertaining to Argentina
- Ukrainian: аргенти́нський (arhentýnsʹkyj) — pertaining to Argentina
- Volapük: Largäntänik — pertaining to Argentina
- Welsh: Archentaidd — pertaining to Argentina
- Asturian: arxentín — pertaining to an Argentine or the Argentines
- German: Argentinier- — pertaining to an Argentine or the Argentines
- Manx: Argenteenagh — pertaining to an Argentine or the Argentines
- Norwegian Bokmål: argentinsk — pertaining to an Argentine or the Argentines
- Norwegian Nynorsk: argentinsk — pertaining to an Argentine or the Argentines
- Polish: argentyński — pertaining to an Argentine or the Argentines
- Portuguese: argentino — pertaining to an Argentine or the Argentines
- Romanian: argentinian — pertaining to an Argentine or the Argentines
- Welsh: Archentaidd — pertaining to an Argentine or the Argentines
- Danish: guldlaks — fish of the genus Argentina
- Dutch: zilvervis — fish of the genus Argentina
- Estonian: hõbekala — fish of the genus Argentina
- Finnish: hopeakuore — fish of the genus Argentina
- French: argentine — fish of the genus Argentina
- Irish: airgintín — fish of the genus Argentina
- Italian: argentina — fish of the genus Argentina
- Portuguese: argentina — fish of the genus Argentina
- Russian: аргенти́н (argentín) — fish of the genus Argentina
- Spanish: argentina — fish of the genus Argentina
- Swedish: guldlaxfisk — fish of the genus Argentina
- Asturian: corcón — Argentina sphyraena
- Asturian: pexesinsangre — Argentina sphyraena
- Asturian: suriellu — Argentina sphyraena
- Asturian: xugla — Argentina sphyraena
- Catalan: moixó — Argentina sphyraena
- Danish: strømsild — Argentina sphyraena
- Dutch: zilversmelt — Argentina sphyraena
- Estonian: hõbekala — Argentina sphyraena
- Finnish: hopeakuore — Argentina sphyraena
- French: petite argentine — Argentina sphyraena
- Irish: airgintín — Argentina sphyraena
- Italian: argentina — Argentina sphyraena
- Portuguese: argentina — Argentina sphyraena
- Spanish: pez plata — Argentina sphyraena
- Swedish: silverfisk — Argentina sphyraena
- Albanian: argjentinas — person from Argentina
- Asturian: arxentín — person from Argentina
- Azerbaijani: argentinalı — person from Argentina
- Belarusian: аргенцінец (arhjencinjec) — person from Argentina
- Belarusian: аргенці́нка (arhjencínka) — person from Argentina
- Bulgarian: аржентинец (aržentinec) — person from Argentina
- Bulgarian: аржентинка (aržentinka) — person from Argentina
- Catalan: argentí — person from Argentina
- Czech: Argentinec — person from Argentina
- Danish: argentiner — person from Argentina
- Dutch: Argentijn — person from Argentina
- Dutch: Argentijnse — person from Argentina
- Esperanto: argentinano — person from Argentina
- Estonian: argentiinalane — person from Argentina
- Finnish: argentiinalainen — person from Argentina
- French: Argentin — person from Argentina
- French: Argentine — person from Argentina
- Galician: arxentino — person from Argentina
- Galician: arxentina — person from Argentina
- Georgian: არგენტინელი (argenṭineli) — person from Argentina
- German: Argentinier — person from Argentina
- German: Argentinierin — person from Argentina
- Greek: Αργεντίνος (Argentínos) — person from Argentina
- Greek: Αργεντίνα (Argentína) — person from Argentina
- Hebrew: ארגנטינאי (argent'inai) — person from Argentina
- Hebrew: ארגנטינאית (argent'inait) — person from Argentina
- Hindi: अर्जेंटीनी (arjẽṭīnī) — person from Argentina
- Hungarian: argentin — person from Argentina
- Italian: argentino — person from Argentina
- Italian: argentina — person from Argentina
- Japanese: アルゼンチン人 (aruzenchinjin) — person from Argentina
- Korean: 아르헨티나인 (areuhentinain) — person from Argentina
- Korean: 아르헨티나 사람 (areuhentina saram) — person from Argentina
- Kyrgyz: аргентиналык (argentinalık) — person from Argentina
- Latvian: argentīnietis — person from Argentina
- Latvian: argentīniete — person from Argentina
- Lithuanian: argentinietis — person from Argentina
- Lithuanian: argentinietė — person from Argentina
- Manx: Argenteenagh — person from Argentina
- Norwegian Bokmål: argentiner — person from Argentina
- Norwegian Nynorsk: argentinar — person from Argentina
- Occitan: argentin — person from Argentina
- Polish: Argentyńczyk — person from Argentina
- Polish: Argentynka — person from Argentina
- Portuguese: argentino — person from Argentina
- Romanian: argentinian — person from Argentina
- Romanian: argentiniană — person from Argentina
- Romanian: argentiniancă — person from Argentina
- Russian: аргенти́нец (argentínec) — person from Argentina
- Russian: аргенти́нка (argentínka) — person from Argentina
- Serbo-Croatian: Аргенти́нац — person from Argentina
- Serbo-Croatian: Argentínac — person from Argentina
- Slovak: Argentínec — person from Argentina
- Slovene: Argentinec — person from Argentina
- Spanish: argentino — person from Argentina
- Spanish: argentina — person from Argentina
- Swahili: Mwajentina — person from Argentina
- Swedish: argentinare — person from Argentina
- Turkish: Arjantinli — person from Argentina
- Ukrainian: аргенти́нець (arhentýnecʹ) — person from Argentina
- Ukrainian: аргенти́нка (arhentýnka) — person from Argentina
- Volapük: Largäntänan — person from Argentina
- Welsh: Archentwr — person from Argentina
- Welsh: Archentwraig — person from Argentina
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