Word Study
argentine
CIDE DICTIONARY
argentine, a.
- Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery. [1913 Webster]"Celestial Dian, goddess argentine." [1913 Webster]
- Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America. [1913 Webster]
argentine, n. [Cf. F. argentin, fr. L. argentum silver.].
- A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure. [1913 Webster]
- White metal coated with silver. Simmonds. [1913 Webster]
- A fish of Europe (
Maurolicus Pennantii ) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genusArgentina . [1913 Webster] - A citizen of the Argentine Republic; an Argentinian. [1913 Webster]
- Argentina; in this sense, usually preceded by
the . [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
argentine, adj. & n. (also Argentinian)
--adj. of or relating to Argentina in S. America.
--n.
1 a native or national of Argentina.
2 a person of Argentine descent.
--adj. of or relating to Argentina in S. America.
--n.
1 a native or national of Argentina.
2 a person of Argentine descent.
Idiom
the Argentine Argentina.
Etymology
Sp. Argentina (as ARGENTINE)
argentine, adj. of silver; silvery.
Etymology
F argentin f. argent silver
ROGET THESAURUS
argentine
Whiteness
N whiteness, argent, albification, etiolation, lactescence, snow, paper, chalk, milk, lily, ivory, alabaster, albata, eburin, German silver, white metal, barium sulphate, titanium oxide, blanc fixe, ceruse, pearl white, white lead, carbonate of lead, white, milk-white, snow-white, snowy, niveous, candid, chalky, hoar, hoary, silvery, argent, argentine, canescent, cretaceous, lactescent, whitish, creamy, pearly, fair, blond, blanched, high in tone, light, white as a sheet, white as driven snow, white as a lily, white as silver, like ivory.For further exploring for "argentine" in Webster Dictionary Online