argentine
/ˈɑː(ɹ).d͡ʒənˌtiːn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.62 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
noun
Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially a European argentine (Argentina sphyraena).
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A siliceous variety of calcite, or lime carbonate, having a silvery-white, pearly lustre, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
Countable; Uncountable
adj
Of, from, or pertaining to Argentina or its people.
noun
A citizen or descendant abroad of Argentina.
noun
Example Sentences
- "Celestiall Dian, Goddesse Argentine"
- "Argentine midfielder Jonas Gutierrez added a superb second when he surged past four challenges to fire in low."
- ""Rich as an Argentine" was a phrase my Brooklyn grandfather often repeated to my bewilderment."
- "Returning to California he then went to work for the P. G. & E. Company as storekeeper in San Jose and remained with the concern until 1904, which year he started on a trip that occupied his time for over one year and took him to the important centers of Europe and throughout South America, where he visited an uncle in the Argentine."
- "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."
- "[…] and the Ambassadour for the Citie of Argentine was not suffered to sit in the Councell, because that Cittie had disanulled the Masse."
Etymology
From Middle English argentyne, borrowed from Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”), equivalent to argent + -ine.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: argentyne, argentin, argentum
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɑː(ɹ).d͡ʒənˌtiːn/
- British English: /ˈɑː(ɹ).d͡ʒənˌtiːn/