From Middle English argent, from Old French argent m (“silver”), from Latin argentum n (“white money, silver”).
Meanings
(not-comparable) Of silver or silver-coloured.
Or ask of yonder argent fields above, / Why Jove's Satellites are leſs than Jove? 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], epistle I, London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC, page 5, lines 49–50:
(not-comparable) Of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.
... when the shield is argent, it is shown in an engraving by being left plain. 1889, Charles Norton Elvin, A Dictionary of Heraldry:
The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second": […]. 1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, page 480:
In the chief (top) of the arms are three wheels argent symbolising railway locomotives and rolling stock; […] The crest consists of a demi-lion rampant gules (red) holding between its paws a wheel argent similar to those included in the arms. 1957 February 14, “B.T.C. Armorial Bearings”, in Railway Magazine, page 81:
la argentius (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · pt argento (of silver or silver coloured) · pt branco (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · pt prata (of silver or silver coloured) · ms argentum (of silver or silver coloured) · sh сребрна (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · it argento (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · sk strieborná (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · es plata (blanco) (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · sh srebrna (of silver or silver coloured) · el ασημής (of silver or silver coloured) · sh srebrna (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · el αργυρός (of silver or silver coloured) · ms perak (of silver or silver coloured) · eo arĝenta (of silver or silver coloured) · pt argênteo (of silver or silver coloured) · de silbern (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · mk сребрен (of silver or silver coloured) · ro argintiu (of silver or silver coloured) · el ασημένιος (of silver or silver coloured) · ru серебри́стый (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · fi hopeinen (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · ro argintiu (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · pt prateado (of silver or silver coloured) · cs stříbrný (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · fi hopeinen (of silver or silver coloured) · sh сребрнаста (of silver or silver coloured) · mk сребрен (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · sh srebrnasta (of silver or silver coloured) · pt prata (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · hu ezüst (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · fr argent (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · es argénteo (of silver or silver coloured) · sh сребрна (of silver or silver coloured) · fi hopeanvärinen (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · sv silver (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · nl zilver (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · pl srebrny (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · cy gwynn (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms) · la argenteus (of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms)
From Middle English argent, from Old French argent m (“silver”), from Latin argentum n (“white money, silver”).
Meanings
(archaic, countable, uncountable) The metal silver.
(countable, uncountable) The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.
The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "or" and "argent". 1909, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry:
(archaic, countable, poetic, uncountable) Whiteness; anything that is white.
The polish'd argent of her breast. 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “A Dream of Fair Women”, in Poems. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
(countable, uncountable) A moth of the genus Argyresthia.
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Translations (75)
mk сребро (silver or metal tincture) · ka ვერცხლი (silver or metal tincture) · tl pilak (silver or metal tincture) · sv silver (silver or metal tincture) · oc argent (silver or metal tincture) · fur arint (silver or metal tincture) · el αργυρό (silver or metal tincture) · ia argento (silver or metal tincture) · et hõbe (silver or metal tincture) · pt prata (silver or metal tincture) · ms argentum (silver or metal tincture) · id perak (silver or metal tincture) · pro argent (silver or metal tincture) · he כֶּסֶף (silver or metal tincture) · kk күміс (silver or metal tincture) · cmn 銀 /银 (silver or metal tincture) · mt fidda (silver or metal tincture) · fr argent (silver or metal tincture) · ms perak (silver or metal tincture) · af silwer (silver or metal tincture) · zza noqre (silver or metal tincture) · hu ezüst (silver or metal tincture) · be серабро (silver or metal tincture) · br arc'hant (silver or metal tincture) · it argento (silver or metal tincture) · fy sulver (silver or metal tincture) · ja 銀 (silver or metal tincture) · gd airgead (silver or metal tincture) · sk striebro (silver or metal tincture) · th เงิน (silver or metal tincture) · hy արծաթ (silver or metal tincture) · fi hopea (silver or metal tincture) · da sølv (silver or metal tincture) · sh сребро (silver or metal tincture) · ur چاندی (silver or metal tincture) · ca argent (silver or metal tincture) · gl prata (silver or metal tincture) · ru серебро́ (silver or metal tincture) · eo arĝento (silver or metal tincture) · el ασημί (silver or metal tincture) · el ασημένιο (silver or metal tincture) · hi चांदी (silver or metal tincture) · lv sudrabs (silver or metal tincture) · lb sëlwer (silver or metal tincture) · ru арге́нтум (silver or metal tincture) · nl zilver (silver or metal tincture) · bg сребро (silver or metal tincture) · sl srebro (silver or metal tincture) · ro argint (silver or metal tincture) · tg нуқра (silver or metal tincture) · cs stříbro (silver or metal tincture) · is silfur (silver or metal tincture) · sq argjent (silver or metal tincture) · vi bạc (silver or metal tincture) · uz kumush (silver or metal tincture) · ca plata (silver or metal tincture) · tr gümüş (silver or metal tincture) · cy arian (silver or metal tincture) · kw arhans (silver or metal tincture) · pl srebro (silver or metal tincture) · de Silber (silver or metal tincture) · sh srebro (silver or metal tincture) · fo silvur (silver or metal tincture) · gv argid (silver or metal tincture) · lt sidabras (silver or metal tincture) · la argentum (silver or metal tincture) · ga airgead (silver or metal tincture) · es plata (silver or metal tincture) · uk срібло (silver or metal tincture) · ar فِضَّة (silver or metal tincture) · no sølv (silver or metal tincture) · tpn itatinga (silver or metal tincture) · eu zilarra (silver or metal tincture) · mn мөнгө (silver or metal tincture) · uz кумуш (silver or metal tincture)