argentine

From Middle English argentyne, borrowed from Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”), equivalent to argent +‎ -ine.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ).d͡ʒənˌtiːn/, /ˈɑː(ɹ).d͡ʒənˌtaɪn/

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argentine (comparative more argentine, superlative most argentine)

1. Containing or resembling silver.

   Synonym: silvern

   • 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]:

     Celestiall Dian, Goddesse Argentine

argentine (countable and uncountable, plural argentines)

1. Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially a European argentine (Argentina sphyraena).
2. (mineralogy) A siliceous variety of calcite, or lime carbonate, having a silvery-white, pearly lustre, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
3. White metal coated with silver.^[1]

• herring smelt

• greater argentine

• Tangerine, antigreen, intragene, tangerine

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argentine

1. feminine singular of argentin

• gainèrent, régnaient

argentine

1. feminine plural of argentino

argentine f

1. plural of argentina

• rinnegate

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ar.ɡɛnˈtiː.nɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ar.d͡ʒen̪ˈt̪iː.ne]

argentīne

1. vocative masculine singular of argentīnus

• IPA^(key): /aɾxenˈtine/ [aɾ.xẽn̪ˈt̪i.ne]
• Rhymes: -ine
• Syllabification: ar‧gen‧ti‧ne

argentine gender-neutral (plural argentines, feminine argentina, feminine plural argentinas, masculine argentino, masculine plural argentinos)

1. (gender-neutral, neologism) Argentinian (person)
   • 2019, Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales, Derechos humanos en la Argentina: Informe 2019, Siglo XXI Editores, →ISBN:

     Alrededor de sesenta argentines y extranjeres fueron desacreditades.

     About sixty Argentinians and foreigners were discredited.