Argentine

From Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.dʒən.taɪn/, /ˈɑː.dʒən.tiːn/

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Argentine (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Argentina or its people.

   Synonyms: (rare) Argentinan, Argentinean, Argentinian

   • 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Argentine midfielder Jonas Gutierrez added a superb second when he surged past four challenges to fire in low.

Argentine is the most commonly used term, followed by Argentinian, Argentinean, and (rarely) Argentinan.

• Argentine nightshade

Argentine (plural Argentines)

1. A citizen or descendant abroad of Argentina.

   Synonyms: (rare) Argentinan, Argentinean, Argentinian

   • 2006 June 11, Jonathan Kandell, “Buenos Aires Beef, on Hoof and on Plates”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     "Rich as an Argentine" was a phrase my Brooklyn grandfather often repeated to my bewilderment.

2. (dance) Ellipsis of Argentine tango.

Argentine

1. (archaic, with "the") Argentina.
2. (obsolete) Strasbourg (city in France).
   • 1610 October, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of Matters Most Speciall and Memorable, Happening in the Church, with an Vniuersall Historie of the Same. […], 6th edition, volume I, London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for the Company of Stationers, →OCLC, book VI, page 650, column 1:

     The first inuenter thereof (as most agree) is thought to be a Germaine, dwellyng first in Argentine, afterward Citizen of Mentz, named John Faustus, a goldsmith.

   • 1624, Patrick Symson, The Historie of the Church Since the Dayes of Our Saviour Iesus Christ untill this present Age […], page 178:

     […] and the Ambassadour for the Citie of Argentine was not suffered to sit in the Councell, because that Cittie had disanulled the Masse.

   • 1629 [1619], Paolo Sarpi, translated by Nathaniel Brent, The Historie of the Councel of Trent […]‎^[3], London: Bonham Norton and John Bill, →OCLC, book 1, paragraph 61, page 27:

     […] they deemed no remedy more commodious, effectuall, and opportune, than if his Holines, by the Emperours consent, would call a godly, free, and Christian Councell, so soone as it were possible, in some conuenient place in Germanie; that is, in Argentine, in Mentz, Collen, or Metz, […]

3. A current place name:
   1. A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Kansas, named after a silver smeltery.
   2. A township and census-designated place therein, in Genesee County, Michigan.
   3. A township in Fall River County, South Dakota.
   4. A commune in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

• Argentina

• Argentine,Argentinian,Argentinean,Argentinan at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

• Tangerine, antigreen, intragene, tangerine

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tin/
• Homophone: Argentines

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Argentine f

1. Argentina (a country in South America)

• →? Japanese: アルゼンチン (Aruzenchin)
• → Persian: آرژانتین (âržântin)

Argentine f (plural Argentines)

1. female equivalent of Argentin

• “Argentine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• gainèrent, régnaient