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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
argentine en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈɑː(ɹ).d͡ʒənˌtaɪn/ (UK, US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɑː(ɹ).d͡ʒənˌtiːn/ (UK, US)
Etymology
From Middle English argentyne, borrowed from Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”), equivalent to argent + -ine.
Meanings
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Containing or resembling silver.
Celestiall Dian, Goddesse Argentine
c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
Forms
Synonyms
silvern
argentine en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɑː(ɹ).d͡ʒənˌtaɪn/ (UK, US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɑː(ɹ).d͡ʒənˌtiːn/ (UK, US)
Etymology
From Middle English argentyne, borrowed from Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”), equivalent to argent + -ine.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially a European argentine (Argentina sphyraena).
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(countable, uncountable) A siliceous variety of calcite, or lime carbonate, having a silvery-white, pearly lustre, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
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(countable, uncountable) White metal coated with silver.
Forms
Deriveds
greater argentine
Synonyms
herring smelt
Translations (26)
nl zilvervis (fish of the genus Argentina) · fr petite argentine (Argentina sphyraena) · ast suriellu (Argentina sphyraena) · da guldlaks (fish of the genus Argentina) · ca moixó (Argentina sphyraena) · et hõbekala (fish of the genus Argentina) · it argentina (fish of the genus Argentina) · sv silverfisk (Argentina sphyraena) · ast pexesinsangre (Argentina sphyraena) · fi hopeakuore (fish of the genus Argentina) · fi hopeakuore (Argentina sphyraena) · ru аргенти́н (fish of the genus Argentina) · sv guldlaxfisk (fish of the genus Argentina) · ga airgintín (fish of the genus Argentina) · ga airgintín (Argentina sphyraena) · da strømsild (Argentina sphyraena) · ast corcón (Argentina sphyraena) · es pez plata (Argentina sphyraena) · ast xugla (Argentina sphyraena) · pt argentina (Argentina sphyraena) · et hõbekala (Argentina sphyraena) · fr argentine (fish of the genus Argentina) · es argentina (fish of the genus Argentina) · pt argentina (fish of the genus Argentina) · nl zilversmelt (Argentina sphyraena) · it argentina (Argentina sphyraena)